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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).
25 de may. de 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
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)
31 de may. de 2022 · On the slopes of Mount Everest 100 years ago, George Finch, from Orange in the central west of New South Wales, revealed his latest invention to his fellow adventurers. Key points: The inventor of the puffer jacket was initially laughed at by his fellow explorers.
- Will Murray
1 de may. de 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
25 de may. de 2015 · George Ingle Finch was born in 1888 in a stone homestead on a sheep and cattle station in NSW’s Central West region. Growing up, his father Charles was a great inspiration, encouraging early independence, giving George freedom to explore the bush and stirring his interest in science.
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.
