Journalist who covered Everest conquest to attend funeral

[Natasha]

Journalist who covered Everest conquest to attend funeral

http://www.tv3.co.nz/News/Story/tabid/209/articleID/43942/cat/41/Default.aspx
01/21/2008

Jan Morris, then James Morris, was The Times staff reporter seconded to John Hunt's 1953 Everest expedition.

Born a man, he fathered five children before having a sex-change operation in 1972.

[Renate]

Well, Jan Morris is quite a famous travel writer.  Her transsexual account was:
Conundrum (1974) - Jan Morris * Amazon * WorldCat

Renate