George Band
Known for
Acting
Born
February 2, 1929
Birthplace
Taiwan
Died
August 26, 2011 (aged 82)
Biography
George Christopher Band OBE 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. In 1955, he and Joe Brown were the first climbers to ascend Kangchenjunga, the third highest mountain in the world.
Best known work
The Ascent of Kangchenjunga
1955
Climbing
Hillary and Tenzing - Everest and After
1997Filmography
TBA
Climbingas self
1997
1955
The Ascent of Kangchenjungaas self