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Burmese Army Trekking Stick - designed by Sir Jeffrey Hillpig-Smyth
Whilst visiting Chiang Rai in northern Thailand we came accross a small
sales brochure for a Burmese Army Trekking Stick that sounds quite useful for
intrepid travellers.
Indispensable for safe trekking particularly when negotiating sharp inclines
or fording quick-moving streams.
Originally designed by Sir Jeffrey Hillpig-Smyth for British Special Forces
stationed at Mandalay in 1941.
Today the trekking stick is issued exclusively to Burmese Army rangers stationed
on the north east frontier. Constructed of mature baby bamboo with a solid row-boat
handle. The MacDougall bolt and nut mechanism allows the 36" cane to rest
in your knap sack when not in use.
A Brief Sketch of Sir Jeffrey Hillpig-Smyth
Born London 1910.
As a schoolboy - overweight, few friends, poor student, non-athletic yet polite,
called Hillpiggy by the staff.
Harrow 1928.
Sent down from Oxford for indecency, 1930.
Unsuccessfully stood for parliament, as an independent from the small constituency
of Looting on the Thames, finishing fourth in a field of three, 1934.
Alcoholic 1935.
Published at his own expense an angry and spirited collection of short essays
entitled, Sticks and Stones 1936.
Alcoholic again 1937.
Published a second collection of short essays entitled Mudpuddles and Other
Outrages 1938.
Joined Military Intelligence and Engineering; the elite I&E group, 1939.
Assigned to British Special Forces, Mandalay, British East India (Burma),
1940.
Recovering from a minor fall, designed the Military Trekking Stick 1941.
Disappeared while on a morning mini trek within the Special Forces compound.
A search party was organised and diligently combed the 3 acre area for well over
an hour, sadly to no evail 1944.
Queen Elizabeth II knighted Hillpig-Smyth in absentia, for contributions to
British War Protocol 1953.
Officially still missing Sep 1992.
Unofficially, over the years there have been periodic sightings of Hillpiggy
in the Burmese jungle.
The latest, as recent as the last monsoon, has Hillpiggy on elephant leading
a small group of well disciplined guerrillas near Kuhn Sa's stronghold at Nam
King. Further information is available by writing.
Find the Hillpig Society
8/1 Arrak Road Soi 7
Chaing Mai
Thailand 50000
The reward of 25 pounds sterling for information confirming Hillpiggy's status
remains in effect.
enquiries to teaklimey@hotmail.com
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spellings, but where this happens there is either no definitive spelling translation
of these words or the place is known by different names by different peoples.
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