Lincoln Hall

In May 2006 Lincoln Hall stood on the 8,850 metre-high peak of Everest, the achievement of a twenty-five year-old dream - only hours later he was left for dead on the mountainside. He spent the entire night alone without shelter or oxygen, but inside him was a spark of life which flared into a commitment to survive despite impossible odds. He was found alive the next morning by the last few climbers on the mountain, and after being resuscitated by those altruistic climbers, he was able to descend from 8,600 feet under his own steam.

His unique understanding of risk and motivation comes from 20 years of alternating corporate and instructional programs with his work as a guide in the Himalaya, the Andes, Antarctica as well as Australia. Lincoln has climbed over 40 mountains in seven countries. Along with his two Everest climbs, his most challenging achievements have been his voyage in a small yacht to Antarctica to make the first ascent of remote Mt Minto, and the first ascent of the South Face of Annapurna 2, at the time the highest unclimbed mountain face in the world.

Lincoln was the chief organizer of the first Australian Everest expedition, which established a new route on the North Face without supplementary oxygen. Although he turned back short of the summit, he was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) for his role in the five-man expedition. His keynote speaking career began with his accounts of how their small team achieved such an audacious goal. Lincoln's bestselling book, White Limbo: the First Australian Ascent of Mt Everest, is now in its third edition.

Since White Limbo, Lincoln has written eight more books, among them biographies and a novel, as well as accounts of his own adventures including Alive in the Death Zone, winner of a CBCA Book of the Year Award and shortlisted for the 2010 NSW Premier's Literary Awards. He has written documentary scripts and has been the Editor and Managing Editor of two adventure magazines. Documentaries have been made about five of Lincoln's expeditions. One of these is the Emmy Award-nominated Left for Dead on Mount Everest (2006), a 50 minute NBC Dateline special. A sixth film, Miracle on Everest (2008) based on his recent book, Dead Lucky, premiered on National Geographic Channel in the USA and on ABC1 in Australia. Lincoln promoted both his new book and Miracle on Everest during a thirteen city tour of North America.

As an author, his storytelling style translates well to both corporate and general audiences. His work as facilitator and team builder has helped him draw parallels with the challenges of mountaineering and those of the corporate world. From these experiences Lincoln has developed three main topics for his keynote speaking presentations. Each of these topics have intrinsic messages which he brings out as themes during his talk.

Lincoln is a founding Director of the Australian Himalayan Foundation, which is dedicated to improving the lives of Himalayan peoples and their environments. As a resident of the Blue Mountains west of Sydney, Lincoln's commitment to his community led to his appointment to the Greater Blue Mountains World Heritage Area Advisory Committee.

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[liwainstitut]

think be easier to get me up annapurna then into that bitch sort of suit

i wish they tell these kids what is going on up there before they go

yellow sure is nice but up there you need black cloth strictly

[duncantoms]

Thank you for posting this. It's an amazing story!

[Afxman97]

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