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George Ingle Finch MBE FRS (4 August 1888 – 22 November 1970) was a British-Australian chemist and mountaineer. His obituary in The Times describes him as "one of the two best alpinists of his time" (with George Mallory).
May 25, 2019 · His name was George Finch. A chemist and brilliant mountaineer, he won an MBE for his bomb-making skills during WWI. In 1922 he was invited on Britain's first Everest expedition.
- Ben Deacon
The 1922 British Mount Everest expedition was the first mountaineering expedition with the express aim of making the first ascent of Mount Everest. It was also the first expedition that used bottled oxygen while climbing Everest. The attempt was made from the northern side of Everest out of Tibet.
- Hornbein Couloir
- Great Couloir or Norton Couloir
May 1, 2003 · George Ingle Finch (1888–1970) was the first person to prove the great value of supplementary oxygen for climbing at extreme altitudes. He did this during the 1922 Everest expedition when he and his companion, Geoffrey Bruce, reached an altitude of 8,320 m, higher than any human had climbed before.
- John B. West
- 2003
On the slopes of Mount Everest 100 years ago, Australian mountaineer George Finch revealed his latest invention to his fellow climbers.It was laughed off at ...
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- ABC News (Australia)
May 25, 2015 · When a 13-year-old boy chased a mob of wallabies up Mount Canobolas near Orange one spring morning in 1901, he could not have imagined that his climb would be the precursor to one of the great pioneering adventures of modern times — and lead him to the roof of the world.
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The life of Australian climber George Finch, who challenged the status quo in the snobbish world of early-20th century mountaineering, is a story of the two sides to a remarkable man.
