Monica Jackson

Monica Jackson (16 September 1920 – 7 April 2020) was a Scottish climber and part of the first non-male expedition to scale the Jugal Himal in the Himalayas.[1] In 1955, she climbed the Jugal Himal with Elizabeth (Betty) Stark and Evelyn McNicol.[2][3] They managed to get to the previously unmapped Phurbal Chyachumbu glacier and made it to the 22,000 ft peak on the frontier of Nepal and Tibet. They named it Gyalgen Peak, after their lead Sherpa.[4] Jackson wrote the book Tents in the Clouds: the first women’s Himalayan expedition in 1957 about the adventure.[5]

Monica Jackson
Born	16 September 1920 Kotagiri, India
Died	7 April 2020 (aged 99) Edinburgh
Nationality	Scotland
Occupation	Mountaineer, Author

The Scottish National Portrait Gallery had a show called On Top Of The World from 2002-2003 that included pictures of Monica Jackson and her team.[6]

Early Life and Education

Monica Jackson was born in Kotagiri and grew up in the Biligirirangan Hills of southern India where her father Ralph Camroux Morris and her mother Heather née Kinloch were coffee planters. Jackson studied sociology and conducted research in the Kollegal region. She wrote a biographical account of her experience growing up in India in Going Back.[7][8]

References

1. "Passions run deep for mountains high". Scotsman. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
2. "50th anniversary". BBC. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
3. McCann, Gerry. "Getting high in Scotland's mountain winter wonderland". Scotland Correspondent. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
4. "History". Ladies Scottish Climbing Club. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
5. "Tents in the clouds: The first women's Himalayan expedition". Amazon. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
6. Day, Kate. "On Top Of The World At The Scottish National Portrait Gallery". Culture 24. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
7. Obituary
8. "Going Back". Amazon. Retrieved 15 July 2020.

External links

• Recording at SOAS