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'{{EngvarB|date=August 2014}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2014}} {{Infobox climber | image = | caption = | name = Lincoln Hall | nationality = Australian | birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1955|12|19}} | birth_place = [[Canberra]], [[Australian Capital Territory]], Australia | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2012|3|20|1955|12|19}} | death_place = [[Camperdown, New South Wales|Camperdown]], Sydney, Australia | typeofclimber = Mountaineer | highestgrade = | knownfor = | firstascents = Mount Minto, Antarctica (1988), many first Australian ascents of major peaks. | namedroutes = Hall Route, [[Carstensz Pyramid]] (1993) | majorascents = [[Mount Everest]] (2006), [[Makalu]] (1999), [[Annapurna II]] (1983), [[Dunagiri (mountain)|Dunagiri]] (1978) }} '''Lincoln Ross Hall''' [[Medal of the Order of Australia|OAM]] (19 December 1955{{spaced ndash}}20 March 2012) was a veteran Australian [[Mountaineering|mountain climber]], adventurer, author and philanthropist. Lincoln was part of the first Australian expedition to climb [[Mount Everest]] in 1984, which successfully forged a new route. He reached the summit of the mountain on his second attempt in 2006, miraculously surviving the night at {{convert|28543|ft|m|0|abbr=on|disp=flip}} on descent, after his family was told he had died. Lincoln Hall was the author of seven books, a founding member of the philanthropic organisation the Australian Himalayan Foundation and a speaker who shared his climbing experiences with audiences around the world.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.saxton.com.au/default.asp?sd8=3476 |title=Lincoln Hall In Memoriam 1955 - 2012 |access-date=14 September 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111120074050/http://www.saxton.com.au/default.asp?sd8=3476 |archive-date=20 November 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 1987 Lincoln Hall was awarded a [[Medal of the Order of Australia]] for service to mountaineering and in 2010 he won the [[Australian Geographic Society]]'s Lifetime of Adventure award.<ref>{{cite news| publisher=Australian Geographic| url=http://www.australiangeographic.com.au/society/2010-ag-awards-lifetime-of-adventure-lincoln-hall.htm| title=Lincoln Hall: Australian Geographic Lifetime of Adventurer of the Year| date=6 October 2010| access-date=21 March 2012| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130626162228/http://www.australiangeographic.com.au/society/2010-ag-awards-lifetime-of-adventure-lincoln-hall.htm| archive-date=26 June 2013| url-status=dead}}</ref> He was a life member of the Australian National University Mountaineering Club. Lincoln Ross Hall died of [[mesothelioma]] aged 56 on 20 March 2012. ==Early life== Hall was born in [[Canberra]], Australia and went to [[Telopea Park]] High School. He studied [[Zoology]] at the [[Australian National University]] and learned to climb at climbing crags in the [[Australian Capital Territory]], most notably [[Booroomba Rocks]] (where he pioneered a number of classic routes). He developed his [[ice climbing]] skills in the [[Snowy Mountains]] at [[Blue Lake (New South Wales)|Blue Lake]] and trained to climb by traversing the walls of buildings at his university campus.<ref>{{cite news| newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald |url=http://www.smh.com.au/national/a-tribute-to-lincoln-hall-20120321-1vjau.html| title=A Tribute to Lincoln Hall | date= 21 March 2012}}</ref> ==Career== Hall had his real start with [[mountaineering]] when he participated in the Australian National University Mountaineering Club expeditions to [[New Zealand]] from 1975 to 1978. This culminated in the ANUMC 1978 expedition to the Himalayan peak [[Dunagiri (mountain)|Dunagiri]] (7066m) in [[India]]. Hall and his climbing partner [[Tim Macartney-Snape]] (Australia) were invited by Expedition Leader Peter Cocker to join him at Col Camp so the pair could force through a route through to the summit ridge. They did so then made an audacious push for the summit after spending a night out on the mountain. Hall was pivotal in the successful summit bid by Macartney-Snape. The pair descended through an electrical storm, however Hall spent another night out on the mountain. Cocker ascended during the night and met him at the top of the fixed ropes and accompanied him back to Col Camp. The ANUMC team then raced Hall down to Base Camp where he was helicoptered to a Military Hospital near Delhi. This was at the time possibly the highest helicopter rescue in the Himalayas. The successful Dunagiri trip by the ANUMC forged the Hall and Macartney-Snape partnership, setting the stage for their Himalayan mountaineering careers including their 1984 [[Mount Everest]] Expedition.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://epress.anu.edu.au/titles/himalayan_citation|author=Will Steffen|title=Himalayan Dreaming (free download)|publisher=ANU Press, July 2010|accessdate=17 November 2017}}</ref> After [[Dunagiri (mountain)|Dunagiri]], Hall's mountaineering career went from strength to strength as he participated in and led numerous climbing adventures around the world, including many first ascents by Australian climbers. Amongst these were two expeditions to climb [[Mount Everest]] in Nepal (including the first Australian ascent in 1984); the first ascent of Mt Minto in the [[Admiralty Mountains]] of [[Antarctica]] (1998); and ascents of other notable peaks including [[Annapurna]] II (7963m) in Nepal, [[Makalu]] (8481m) on the China-Nepal border, and [[Carstensz Pyramid]] in [[Irian Jaya]], Indonesia.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dwp.bigplanet.com/lincolnh/ |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2012-03-21 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903131717/http://dwp.bigplanet.com/lincolnh/ |archivedate= 3 September 2014 }} Retrieved 22 March 2012</ref> ==Rescue on Everest== Lincoln Hall narrowly survived after his ascent of [[Mount Everest]] in 2006. He was left for dead at an altitude of 8700m while descending from the summit on 25 May 2006. He had fallen ill from a form of [[altitude sickness]], probably [[cerebral edema]], that caused him to hallucinate and become confused. According to reports, Hall's [[Sherpa people|Sherpa]] guides attempted to rescue him for hours. However, as night began to fall their oxygen supplies diminished and [[snow blindness]] set in. Expedition leader Alexander Abramov eventually ordered the guides to leave the apparently dead Hall on the mountain and return to camp. A statement was later released announcing his death to his friends and family.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/5019288.stm| date=27 May 2006| title='Dead' Everest man safe at camp| work=BBC News| accessdate=27 May 2006}}</ref> However, the next morning, 12 hours later, Hall was found still alive by a team making a summit attempt. The team consisted of team leader [[Daniel Mazur]] (U.S.), [[Andrew Brash]] (Canada), [[Myles Osborne]] (UK), and [[Jangbu Sherpa]] (Nepal). Osborne described the scene just below the Second Step: <blockquote>"Sitting to our left, about two feet from a 10,000 foot drop, was a man. Not dead, not sleeping, but sitting cross legged, in the process of changing his shirt. He had his down suit unzipped to the waist, his arms out of the sleeves, was wearing no hat, no gloves, no sunglasses, had no oxygen mask, regulator, ice axe, oxygen, no sleeping bag, no mattress, no food nor water bottle. 'I imagine you're surprised to see me here', he said. Now, this was a moment of total disbelief to us all. Here was a gentleman, apparently lucid, who had spent the night without oxygen at 8600m, without proper equipment and barely clothed. And ALIVE."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.everestnews.com/Summitclimb2005/lincolnhalleverest05302006.htm|title= Update: Myles Osborne for SummitClimb Everest Tibet, Dispatch 28th May 2006|publisher=everestnews.com|accessdate=2017-11-17}}</ref></blockquote> A rescue effort that mountain observers described as "unprecedented in scale" then swung into action. Mazur and his team abandoned their summit attempt to stay with Hall, who was badly frostbitten and delusional from the effects of severe [[High altitude cerebral edema|cerebral edema]]. At the same time, Abramov dispatched a rescue team of 12 Sherpas guides from the base camp. The rescue team comprised Ongshu Sherpa, Nima Wangde Sherpa, Passang Sherpa, Furba Rushakj Sherpa, Dawa Tenzing Sherpa, Dorjee Sherpa, Mingma Sherpa, Mingma Dorjee Sherpa, Pemba Sherpa, Pemba Nuru Sherpa, Passang Gaylgen Sherpa, and Lakcha Sherpa. Hall was brought down the mountain, walking the last part of the way to Everest's [[North Col]] where he was treated by a Russian doctor Andrey Selivanov.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.everestnews.com/everest2006/halleveresthall05272006.htm|title=Everest 2006: Lincoln Hall is Alive !|publisher=everestnews.com|accessdate=2021-01-04}}</ref> He arrived at [[Mount Everest#Northeast ridge|Advanced Base Camp]] the next day in reasonably good health although suffering from [[frostbite]] and the lingering effects of cerebral edema. He lost the tips of his fingers and a toe to frostbite.<ref>{{cite news| newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald| url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/climber-walks-into-base-camp/2006/05/27/1148524925275.html| title=Climber safe, speaks to wife| date=27 May 2006| accessdate=27 May 2006}}</ref> Hall's survival and rescue came shortly after the death of UK climber [[David Sharp (mountaineer)|David Sharp]] on the mountain. No attempt was made to rescue Sharp. While he was unconscious but still alive, other climbers passed him and continued on their own ascents. However, unlike David Sharp, Hall was conscious and able to walk, two factors that allowed for his rescue. The case had raised concerns, including comments from [[Sir Edmund Hillary]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Kodas, Michael|title=High Crimes}}</ref> Dan Mazur said of his team abandoning their summit attempt, "The summit is still there and we can go back. Lincoln only has one life."<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6SsBCwAAQBAJ&q=%22The+summit+is+still+there+and+we+can+go+back.+Lincoln+only+has+one+life.%22&pg=PT109|title=Alpamayo to Everest: It's Not About the Summit|last=Hibbert|first=Ian|date=2015-11-17|publisher=Lulu Press, Inc|isbn=9781483440736|language=en}}</ref> ==After Everest== He remained close with Myles Osborne, who sacrificed his only attempt on Everest to aid Hall. Osborne says Hall was "a great guy, really laid back, with a penchant for bad jokes."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.college.columbia.edu/cct_archive/jan_feb07/features1.php|title=Rescue on Top of the World (January/February 2007)|website=Columbia College Today|accessdate=17 November 2017}}</ref> ''[[Dateline NBC]]'' aired ''Left for Dead on Mount Everest'', an Emmy Award-nominated documentary special, in 2006. Hall wrote two books about his experience: ''Dead Lucky: Life after death on Mount Everest'' (2007) and ''Alive In The Death Zone: Mount Everest Survival'' (2008). A second documentary, ''Miracle on Everest'', based on Hall's book ''Dead Lucky'', premiered in 2008 on National Geographic Channel in the USA and on ABC1 in Australia. Hall's story was later featured in the ''[[I Shouldn't Be Alive]]'' episode, "Left for Dead on Everest" (16 February 2011).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animalplanet.com/tv-shows/i-shouldnt-be-alive/|title=I Shouldn't Be Alive |website=animalplanet.com|accessdate=17 November 2017}}</ref> ==Death== Hall died on 20 March 2012 at the [[Royal Prince Alfred Hospital]] in Sydney, after suffering from [[mesothelioma]].<ref name=smh>{{cite news|title=Mountaineer Lincoln Hall dies|url=http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-national/mountaineer-lincoln-hall-dies-20120321-1vj7d.html|accessdate=21 March 2012|newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=21 March 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| publisher=ABC Online| url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-03-21/lincoln-hall-dies-in-sydney/3903640| title=Mountaineer, Everest adventurer Lincoln Hall dead at 56| date= 21 March 2012}}</ref> He had been exposed to asbestos while working as a builder in the 1960s.{{Citation needed|date=August 2019}} Friend and fellow mountaineer [[Greg Mortimer]], who was with Lincoln at the end, said: "It was very peaceful in the end, around 11:45 last night. Lincoln got into quiet, rhythmic breathing—it was almost meditative—and then he quietly slipped away".<ref>{{cite news |publisher=Australian Geographic |url=http://www.australiangeographic.com.au/journal/vale-lincoln-hall-australian-mountaineer.htm |title=Vale Lincoln Hall, Australian mountaineer |date=21 March 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120321043130/http://www.australiangeographic.com.au/journal/vale-lincoln-hall-australian-mountaineer.htm |archivedate=21 March 2012 }}</ref> Hall lived in the [[Blue Mountains (New South Wales)|Blue Mountains]] in [[New South Wales]] with his wife and two sons, who survived him. ==Bibliography== * ''White Limbo: The First Australian Climb of Mt Everest'' (1985) Kevin Weldon, Sydney. *''The Loneliest Mountain: The Dramatic Story of the First Expedition to Climb Mt Minto, Antarctica'' (1989) Simon & Schuster, Sydney. *''Blood on the Lotus'' (fiction) (1990) Simon & Schuster, Sydney. *''First Ascent: The Life and Climbs of Greg Mortimer'' (1996) Simon & Schuster, Sydney. *''Douglas Mawson: The Life of an Explorer'' (2000) New Holland, Sydney. *''Fear No Boundary: The Road to Everest and Beyond'' (with Sue Fear) (2005) Lothian Books, Melbourne. *''Dead Lucky: Life after death on Mount Everest'' (2007) Random House, Sydney. *''Alive In The Death Zone: Mount Everest Survival'' (2008) Random House, Australia. ==See also== *[[Beck Weathers]], American climber who was left for dead on Mount Everest in 1996. ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20140903131717/http://dwp.bigplanet.com/lincolnh/ Lincoln Hall's website] {{Australian summiters of Mt. 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