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These journals record the travels of John Meredith Williams in the Himalayas in 1950-51. As a young man he worked in Calcutta and took two excursions, one to Sikkim, one to Kulu and Lahoul, to explore the mountains he loved, the culture and the people. They reflect the period in which they were written, shortly after Indian Independence, and record his delight in the natural surroundings, the trials and joys of the expeditions, and his energetic and at times irascible nature. After being educated at Sherborne School, Dorset and Trinity Hall, Cambridge, Johnny served in the Royal Signals and then worked for Shaw Wallace and Company Ltd., based in Calcutta. On returning to Calcutta from his travels, he typed and illustrated the journals with photographs and sent them to his parents, Gwynne and Cicely Williams. They have been edited by his grandson, Tobias Lescht, and daughter, Cecily Hennessy. Johnny always loved the mountains but as he said himself, 'I have come to the conclusion that I will never make anything of a Himalyan climber as I am always far too keen on seeing round the corner--and there is always a corner round which has not been inspected before'.

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John Meredith Williams CBE, born in 1926, was educated at Sherborne School, Dorset and Trinity Hall, Cambridge, served in the Royal Signals and then worked for Shaw Wallace and Company Ltd., based in Calcutta. During this period he took two trips to explore the Himalayas. in 1953, he married Jean Constance Emerson and returned to England the following year, to take up and successfully develop positions in industry. He died in 1997. Tobias Lescht was born in Santa Fe, New Mexico in 1993 and resides in Austin, Texas working within the energy and industrial industries. He has a BA economics and psychology, Colgate University 2016. Cecily Hennessy, PhD, FSA, works at Christie's Education, London and is a Byzantine and Early Christian art historian. She has taught and published widely.

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