Edwin Dingle was an English journalist born in 1881. In the early 1900s, he was working in Singapore. He made his famous trip across China in 1909 and 1910, and then became proprietor of a publishing empire with operations in Shanghai and Hong Kong before moving on to Los Angeles, United States, in 1927. As one of the first Westerners to study and practice Tibetan spirituality, Dingle - known as Ding Le Mei to his students - founded the Institute of Mentalphysics, which is still in operation today. He died in 1972 at the age of 91

Dingle stands in the great tradition of the gentleman explorers of China for whom the experience was everything, preparation was minimal and caution invariably thrown to the wind. Thankfully he recorded his exploits for us to share.A" -Paul French, author, Carl Crow, a Tough Old China Hand