John
Jackson was associated with two major expeditions
of the last century. First it was successful Everest
expedition of 1955. 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.
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