But my recollection of the day in late February that I visited Jan Morris at her home in north-west Wales is not like that. As anyone knows who ever made that journey to visit her at home, or who ever opened any of her 40 books, Morris dealt in adventure. Having packed her life brim full of extraordinary journeys, pilgrimages and quests, she knew exactly how to conjure their contours for others. She leaves behind on the shore her lifelong partner, Elizabeth.”James (now Jan) Morris congratulating Edmund Hillary after the mountaineer successfully reached the summit of Everest in 1953. When we met, Morris mentioned how they owned a small island on the Dwyfor river, which flows by their house.

Source: The Guardian November 22, 2020 06:45 UTC