Lincoln Hall

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Lincoln Ross Hall (born December 19, 1955 in Canberra , † March 20, 2012 in Sydney ) was an Australian mountaineer and author . He gained decades of climbing experience in New Zealand , the Himalayas , Antarctica and the Andes .

In 1984 he narrowly failed his first attempt to climb Mount Everest on a new route without additional oxygen. He became famous for his successful ascent of Mount Everest on his second attempt in 2006, which he only miraculously survived and later described in a book. Hall lived in Australia, toured giving lectures on his expeditions, and was the author of several books.

Events of May 2006

Hall had reached the summit of Mount Everest in the early morning of May 25, 2006 when he suddenly suffered altitude sickness while descending . Cerebral edema developed due to a lack of oxygen , he passed out and the Sherpas accompanying him could not prevent his condition from worsening. They gave him a large part of the bottled oxygen he needed for his own descent. After they could no longer detect a pulse or breathing and supposedly established that he was dead, they watched the motionless body for another two hours, then, in order to save their own life, left him at an altitude of about 8,600 m. In the camp they reported on Hall's death, this news was then spread on the Internet and also passed on to his family by telephone.

Meanwhile, Hall was lucky and the cloud cover prevented the night temperatures from falling below minus 25 ° C. He woke up and fell asleep several times, but through his experiences in meditation and yoga , he eventually managed to remain conscious, lying motionless. The following morning, unsuspecting climbers found him by chance, conscious, severely hypothermic, and with their clothes open. Despite his critical condition, Hall managed the descent with the help of the group and he reached the camp on the North Col on his own two feet, which was later considered to be close to a medical impossibility.

Parallels to David Sharp

The miraculous rescue led to heated discussions about the death of David Sharp , who had collapsed and spent a night in almost the same place just a few days earlier, also on his way back from successfully climbing the summit. On the surface, it was concluded that Sharp could have been saved, as about 40 people passed him before his death. Sharp's condition, however, was considerably worse and, unlike Hall, he was unable to actively help, which, according to mountaineers like Mark Inglis, made a rescue impossible at this altitude , see also Russell Brice and Everest - Spiel mit dem Tod, Season 1 .

Publications

  • Saying dead: My struggle for survival on Everest . Frederking & Thaler, Munich, November 2008, ISBN 978-3-89405-750-3

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Lincoln Hall dead at 56 from mesothelioma , March 21, 2012, The Sydney Morning Herald
  2. ^ Lincoln Hall in News com Australia
  3. ↑ a b Dark Summit - The True Story of Everest's Most Controversial Season . Retrieved August 26, 2011.
  4. ↑ Interview with Mark Inglis . Retrieved August 26, 2011.
personal data
SURNAME Hall, Lincoln
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hall, Lincoln Ross (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Australian climber and author
DATE OF BIRTH December 19, 1955
PLACE OF BIRTH Canberra , Australia
DATE OF DEATH March 20, 2012
Place of death Sydney , Australia