Which English mountaineer, born in 1919, was the youngest member of the 1953 expedition that made the first successful ascent of Mount Everest?

• A George Band ✓
• B John Hunt
• C Wilfrid Noyce
• D Charles Evans

George Band was the youngest climber on the 1953 Everest expedition at age 24; two years later he and Joe Brown made the first ascent of Kangchenjunga, the world's third-highest peak.