While accompanying her husband to the Himalayan foothills, Sybille noted her impressions of the people and places visited.
Noel invited an artist, Francis Helps, to accompany him to the Himalayan foothills in 1924 to paint portraits of the members of the expedition and the Tibetans.
In 1924, Noel had the foresight to engage an Agency to collect articles following the progress of the expedition.
