In memoriam: Jeremy “Bunter” Anson, who put Twixes on the Himalayan map

Please forgive the indulgence, but in this week’s post I would like to spend a few minutes remembering a mountaineering friend of mine who passed away last month. He is not someone you will have heard of, nor anyone especially accomplished in the mountains, but I believe that it’s important to remember such people just as much as those who are considered more exceptional – for these are the people most like ourselves.

In 2007 I quit my job and joined an expedition to Tibet that was to change...