George Band

George Band
Band in 1990
Born(1929-02-02)2 February 1929
Died26 August 2011(2011-08-26) (aged 82)
Hampshire, England
NationalityBritish
EducationEltham College
Alma materQueens' College, Cambridge
Imperial College, London
OccupationGeologist[1]
EmployerShell[1]
Known forMountaineer
SpouseSusan Goodenough (m.1959)[1]
Children3
FatherEdward Band[2]

George Christopher Band OBE (2 February 1929 – 26 August 2011)[1] was an English mountaineer. He was the youngest climber on the 1953 British expedition to Mount Everest on which Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay became the first to ascend the mountain.[3] In 1955, he and Joe Brown were the first climbers to ascend Kangchenjunga, the third highest mountain in the world.

  1. ^ a b c d Scott, Doug (September 2012). "GEORGE BAND OBE: 2 February 1929–26 August 2011". Geographical Journal. #178 (3): 287–288. Bibcode:2012GeogJ.178..287S. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4959.2012.00473.x. ISSN 0016-7398. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
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