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spudfan Member Since: 10 Sep 2007 Location: Co Donegal Posts: 4738 ![]() ![]() |
".....and I take this opportunity of expressing grateful thanks to the Imperial Tobacco Company at Calcutta, for the gift of over 100,000 cigarettes and a large quantity of tobacco;...."
Taken from the preface to The Kangchenjunga Adventure by Frank S. Smythe in which various sponsors of the expedition of 1930 to climb Kangchenjunga are listed and thanked. How times have changed! Anyway a great read even if you have no interest in mountaineering. 1982 88" 2.25 diesel 1992 110 200tdi csw -Zikali 2008 110 2.4 tdci csw-Zulu 2011 110 2.4 tdci csw-Masai |
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