Kenneth Mason (geographer)
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Lieutenant-Colonel Kenneth Mason MC was a British soldier and explorer notable as the first statutory professor of Geography at the University of Oxford. His work surveying the Himalayas was rewarded
Kenneth Mason
The Karakoram, a large mountain range spanning the borders between Pakistan, India and China
Oxford - Hertford College and Bridge of sighs
The Himalayan Club
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The Himalayan Club is an organization founded in India in 1928 along the lines of the Alpine Club. The stated mission of the organization was "to encourage and assist Himalayan travel and exploration,
Kenneth Mason (geographer)
…were acclaimed as brilliantly successful, winning him the 1927 RGS Founder's Medal. In 1928, Mason and Geoffrey Corbett convened a group to co-found The Himalayan Club, "To encourage and assist Himalayan travel and exploration, and to extend knowledge of the Himalaya and adjoining mountain ranges through science, art…
Mountaineer Divyesh Muni (VP of Himalayan club in 2017), Rita Gombu (Daughter of Mountaineer late Nawang Gombu) and Motup Chewang (VP of Himalayan club in 2017) at the 2017 Banff Mountain Film Festival venue IMF Delhi