George Band

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George Band was a British mountaineer best known for being one of the climbers on the first successful ascent of Kangchenjunga, the world’s third-highest mountain.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British person
human
mountaineer
abbreviation CBE
associatedWithOrganization Alpine Club
British Mountaineering Council
Himalayan Trust
surface form: Himalayan Trust UK
birthCountry China
birthPlace Taiyuan
citizenship United Kingdom
climbed Kangchenjunga
Mount Everest
countryOfMountaineeringActivity India
Nepal
deathPlace United Kingdom
educatedAt Eltham College
Imperial College London
Queens’ College, Cambridge NERFINISHED
employer Royal Dutch Shell
familyName Band
fieldOfStudy geology
gender male
givenName George
honor Commander of the Order of the British Empire
knownFor Himalayan mountaineering
first successful ascent of Kangchenjunga
languageSpoken English
memberOf 1955 British Kangchenjunga expedition
surface form: 1955 Kangchenjunga expedition
mountainRangeAssociatedWith Himalayas
name George Band self-link
nationality United Kingdom
notableAchievement member of team making first ascent of Kangchenjunga, the world’s third-highest mountain
notableFor contributions to British mountaineering history
support for Himalayan communities through charitable work
notableWork Road to Rakaposhi
Summit: 150 Years of the Alpine Club
occupation geologist
mountaineer
petroleum engineer
positionHeld chairman of the Himalayan Trust UK
president of the Alpine Club
president of the British Mountaineering Council
wrote Road to Rakaposhi
Summit: 150 Years of the Alpine Club

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