EDITORIAL
R
obert Louis Stevenson, in his infamous book,
Kidnapped, titled three of his chapters: "I go in quest of
my inheritance", "I come into my kingdom" and "Goodbye".
It is unlikely that a pair of fine suede shoes, crafted by
Bally of Switzerland, conveyed a hiker to the base camp
of Sir Edmund Hillary's acclaimed first ascent of Mount
Everest other than the pair I wore on my journey over
forty years ago. Missing luggage and the lack of my size
hiking boots in the Kathmandu market necessitated the
unconventional. I procured in Kathmandu my first and
only pair of bell bottom dungarees and a handspun cream
Nepalese jacket. A walking stick given to me by my guide
completed the kit that I wore. The late, incomparable
Boris of Yak and Yeti restaurant fame (by way of Imperial
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