the Everest expedition team practised." "And I'm gonna climb it with one of the team members, mountaineer," "George Band." "Aged 24, George was the youngest member of the team, which conquered Everest in 1 953." "Two years later he was the first to climb the world's third highest mountain," "Kanchenjunga, in Tibet." "George is now 77." "And has been climbing for most of those years." "The very first mountain he climbed on his own was this one, Tryfan." "When did you think, well, I can do this, and I'd like to sort of become a leader in this... in this game, as it were?" "It's like almost any sport. lf you play tennis and you do rather well, you join a club, you play for the county, anddid it for the sort of explosion of patriotic fervour?" "Yeah, that was funny." "When we were unpacking all the gear in the Ambassador's garden Kathmandu, and I think he was saying, "And where's the flag that you're gonna wave on top?"" "And we said, "A flag?" and he said, "A Union Jack."" ""Er, well, we don't have one." "You know, we never thought of bringing one"" "And he said "l'll let you have the one off my Rolls-Royce."" "And he gave that to John Hunt, and it was indeed the one which Tenzing attached to his ice axe, the flags of the United Nations, flag of India, flag of Nepal and the Union Jack that he waved on top." "Only the best as well, a Rolls-Royce flag