George Band, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

George Band

English mountain climber

Date of Birth: 02-Feb-1929

Place of Birth: Taiwan Island

Date of Death: 26-Aug-2011

Profession: geologist, mountaineer

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

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