John Hunt, Baron Hunt, was a British Army officer born in Simla, British India, on 22 June 1910, best known as the leader of the successful 1953 British expedition to Mount Everest. From the age of 10 he spent holidays in the Alps and he made a guided ascent of Piz Palu at 14. He continued to climb in the Himalayas while serving in India, attempted Saltoro Kangri in 1935 reaching 24,500 feet, and was elected to the Alpine Club and the Royal Geographical Society. In 1937 his Himalayan trip included a reconnaissance of Kangchenjunga and the third ascent of the Zemu Gap.
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