Novelist Alison Jean Lester, daughter of the late James T. Lester, an American psychologist who accompanied the first American expedition to Mount Everest in 1963, will offer a talk and slideshow about Return to the Scene of the Climb, James T. Lester's previously unpublished writing and photography from three adventures: the AMEE expedition, which he joined to study the group dynamics of the expedition members; an eight-week road trip around the U.S. as tour guide to five of the principal Sherpa climbers from that expedition; and a return to Nepal in 1998 to seek out those same Sherpa climbers and others, to document, in their own words, how their lives had changed.

The talk will be held at the Alpine Club's premises at 55 Charlotte Road, London, EC2A 3QF from 7PM on 13 May 2025.

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