Chorten of the Himalayan Club

摘要

When I first became member of the Himalayan Club in 1994, I was intrigued by a curious looking design on the application form, which was meshed between the words H and C. That it was the crest of the Himalayan Club was evident, but what exactly was this design, got me thinking. Subsequently, when I received my first volume of the Himalayan Journal, a prized possession of any club member, with the same crest, my imagination was truly fired. Prima facie, it resembled a military symbol, akin to that of a temple on a Survey of India map, yet it was different... very different!