Tony Streather
Tony Streather | |
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Streather in 1990 | |
| Born | 24 March 1926 |
| Died | 31 October 2018 (aged 92) |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Soldier |
| Known for | Mountaineer |
Lieutenant-Colonel Harry Reginald Antony Streather OBE (24 March 1926 – 31 October 2018) was a British Army officer who served in the Gloucestershire Regiment, and mountaineer who first ascended the third-highest mountain in the world, Kangchenjunga, on the 1955 British Kangchenjunga expedition, and Tirich Mir. Streather was the first man ever to climb two peaks above 25,000 feet (7,600 m).