George Lowe (mountaineer), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

George Lowe (mountaineer)

New Zealand mountain climber and explorer

Date of Birth: 15-Jan-1924

Place of Birth: Hastings, Hawke's Bay Region, New Zealand

Date of Death: 20-Mar-2013

Profession: writer, film director, mountaineer, explorer

Nationality: New Zealand

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Wallace George Lowe (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.