Newspaper Article 2004 – Long walk to freedom for Hillary trailblazer
Long walk to freedom for Hillary trailblazer
HAWKE’S BAY
BERNARD CARPINTER
MORE than 50 years after achieving fame on Mt Everest, George Lowe was given the freedom of the city of Hastings yesterday.
Mr Lowe, 80, was a key part of the expedition to climb the world’s highest mountain for the first time in 1953, though only Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay reached the top.
“He’s probably one of the most famous people who ever came from Hastings,” Mayor Lawrence Yule said.
Mr Lowe, who has been living in England, came back to see members of his family.
They surrounded him at yesterday’s ceremony.
He was the third person to get the freedom of Hastings this year; the first two were Olympic rowing gold medallists Georgina and Caroline Evers-Swindell.
Photo caption – Overdue recognition: George Lowe, right, with Hastings Mayor Lawrence Yule and the sculpture presented to Mr Lowe yesterday after he was given the freedom of the city of Hastings.
Picture: BILL KEARNS
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Newspaper articleDate published
22 October 2004Publisher
Dominion PostPeople
- Caroline Evers-Swindell
- Georgina Evers-Swindell
- George Lowe
- Mayor Lawrence Yule
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