The speaker is the distinguished mountain climber and explorer who was created Baron Conway in 1931. In 1892, in the Himalayas, he climbed a peak 23,000 feet high and surveyed 2,000 miles of mountains. Two years later he traversed the Alps from end to end. In 1898 he explored and surveyed the Bolivian Andes. He has been honoured everywhere ; he is the author of many publications based on his epic experiences, and he is to enthral listeners with some of them tonight.