Terence Bannon

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Terence Bannon memorial stone

Terence 'Banjo' Bannon (born November 24, 1967 in Newry , Northern Ireland ) is a Northern Irish mountaineer and adventurer.

Life

After Dawson Stelfox, Terence Bannon is the second Northern Irishman to climb Mount Everest on May 31, 2003. In May 2004 he was honored with a stone tablet, the rocky contour of which is supposed to remind of Mount Everest. It is located in front of Newry Town Hall, Northern Ireland. He was also given the honorary status of Freedom of the City of Newry .

In August 2006 he tried to climb K2 with a team of nine . Almost 200 meters below the summit there was a serious avalanche accident in which four Russian climbers on the expedition team were killed.

Publications

  • Ascending the Dream: The Life and Climbs of Banjo Bannon . Gill & Macmillan Ltd, Dublin 2009, ISBN 0-7171-4631-6 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Una Brankin: Belfast architect Dawson Stelfox: the first Irish man to climb Everest 20 years ago. Belfast Telegraph, May 2, 2013, accessed July 31, 2014 .
  2. ↑ Michael McHugh: Honor for Everest climber. Belfast Telegraph, August 5, 2003, accessed July 31, 2014 .
  3. ^ Ashleigh Wallace: Honor for the man who made it to the top. Belfast Telegraph, May 27, 2004, accessed July 31, 2014 .
  4. ↑ NI man vows never to return to K2. BBC News, August 18, 2006, accessed July 31, 2014 .
personal data
SURNAME Bannon, Terence
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bannon, banjo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Northern Irish climber and adventurer
DATE OF BIRTH November 24, 1967
PLACE OF BIRTH Newry (Northern Ireland) , Northern Ireland