Joe Brown (climber), Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Joe Brown (climber)

British mountain climber

Date of Birth: 26-Sep-1930

Place of Birth: Manchester, England, United Kingdom

Profession: rock climber, mountaineer

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Joseph Brown, usually Joe Brown, (born 26 September 1930) is an English climber.
He is regarded as the outstanding pioneering English rock climber of the 1950s and early 1960s. Brown established a number of new routes in Snowdonia and the Peak District that were at the leading edge of the hardest grades.
He made ascents in the Alps in the 1950s with others and, in 1955, the first ascent of the world's third highest mountain, Kangchenjunga in the Nepalese Himalaya, with George Band.
In 1956 he made the first ascent of the west summit of the Muztagh Tower in the Karakoram with Ian McNaught-Davis. Brown helped create new types of "protection" to improve safety on climbs, creating some of the first "nuts".
in 1966 he opened a shop, since expanded to three shops in Snowdonia.
He is also remembered for televised rock climbs in the 1960s and was involved in many films. He has been appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) and in 2011 a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the New Year Honours.