George Lowe
New Zealand mountain climber and explorer
Died when: 89 years 64 days (1070 months)Star Sign: Capricorn
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Wallace George Lowe CNZM OBE (15 January 1924 – 20 March 2013), known as George Lowe, was a New Zealand-born mountaineer, explorer, film director and educator.
He was the last surviving member of the 1953 British Mount Everest Expedition, during which his friend Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay became the first known people to summit the world's highest peak.
Sir Edmund was his fellow Briton and served as his mentor.
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