John
Jackson was associated
with two major expeditions of
the last century. First it was
successful Everest expedition
of 1953. He worked for this
team and helped to achieve its
goal. In 1995 John was a member
of the successful expedition
to Kangchenjunga (28,208 feet)?the
third highest peak in the world.
He climbed high on the mountain
and helped the expedition to
achieve its goal.
He participated in the Daily
Mail Yeti expedition and later
made the first solo traverse
from Everest to Kangchenjunga.
In between he made expeditions
to Garhwal, Nepal, Ladakh and
many other regions.
He has travelled widely on photographic
journeys to Canada, USA and
in the Himalaya to Zanskar,
kashmir, Nepal and Indian plains.
For 18 years he was director
of Plas-y-Brenin Mountain Centre,
a premier adventure institute,
situated in the Wales, UK.
He is a popular speaker at many
forums around the world. He
has attended, along with his
wife Eileen, all the Everest
reunions. He has been a speaker
at the Himalayan Club Reunion
at London. Despite his advancing
age he continues to trek and
visit the Himalayan range, his
last visit being in 2005, when
he visited Darjeeling to view
Kangchenjunga, the peak he was
associated with fifty years
ago.
