Lincoln Hall is one of Australia's best known mountaineers, with a climbing career that spans three decades, most notably in the Himalaya, Antarctica and the Andes. He had a key role in the first Australian ascent of Mount Everest in 1984, and his account of that expedition, White Limbo, became a bestseller. Hall's second book was The Loneliest Mountain, the story of a journey to Antarctica in a small yacht and the first ascent of Mount Minto. His only published work of fiction is Blood on the Lotus, an historical novel set in Nepal and Tibet. Fear No Boundary is Hall's biography of his friend Sue Fear, who died mountaineering in the Himalaya while Hall was on Mount Everest in 2006. He has worked as a trekking guide, has edited adventure magazines, and is a director of the Australian Himalayan Foundation. Hall was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia in 1987 for his services to mountaineering. He lives with his wife, Barbara Scanlan, and their two teenage sons, Dylan and Dorje, in Wentworth Falls in the Blue Mountains, New South Wales.
"There have been a great many Everest-themed books lately, but this
one stands alone."
-"Booklist" (starred review)
aThere have been a great many Everest-themed books lately, but this
one stands alone.a
a"Booklist" (starred review)
aIn May 2006 on Mt. Everest, veteran climber Hall was left for dead
because, to his fellow climbers, he appeared to have died. But the
following morning, members of another expedition found him, sitting
on a rock and very much alive. Hallas story made headlines around
the worldanot too many dead men walk down off the tallest mountain
in the worldaand now Hall, the author of seven previous
climbing-themed books, tells us the full story. It is a remarkable
account. Hallas ordeal is the stuff of nightmares: collapsing from
altitude sickness, slipping into unconsciousness, waking up all
alone at the top of the world, left behind as though he were a
corpse. As a storyteller, Hall has a tough job: to convey to the
reader what was going on inside his head as he slipped in and out
of hallucination until the line between fantasy and reality was so
blurred as to be nonexistent. He does this with a grace and sense
of drama that befit a novel: we feel weare there with him, seeing
and hearing things that canat possibly be real. There have been a
great many Everest-themed books lately, but this one stands alone,
the first-person account of a climberas journey into, and back out
of, death itself.a
--"Booklist" (starred review)
aA gripping, almost unbelievable story of survival.a
a"The Sun- Herald"
aA compelling story that explores the outer reaches of human
strength, endurance and endeavour.a
a"The Sunday Telegraph"
aA powerful account.a
a"Illawarra Mercury"
aAn incredible, educational spiritual and entertaining book.a
a"Independent Weekly"
aAn inspirational tale.a
a"Outdoor Australia" magazine
aA gripping, almost unbelievable story of survival.a
a"The Sun- Herald"
aA compelling story that explores the outer reaches of human
strength, endurance and endeavour.a
a"The Sunday Telegraph"
aA powerful account.a
a"Illawarra Mercury"
aAn incredible, educational spiritual and entertaining book.a
a"Independent Weekly"
aAn inspirational tale.a
a"Outdoor Australia" magazine
"There have been a great many Everest-themed books lately, but this
one stands alone."
-"Booklist" (starred review)
aThere have been a great many Everest-themed books lately, but this
one stands alone.a
a"Booklist" (starred review)
aIn May 2006 on Mt. Everest, veteran climber Hall was left for dead
because, to his fellow climbers, he appeared to have died. But the
following morning, members of another expedition found him, sitting
on a rock and very much alive. Hallas story made headlines around
the worldanot too many dead men walk down off the tallest mountain
in the worldaand now Hall, the author of seven previous
climbing-themed books, tells us the full story. It is a remarkable
account. Hallas ordeal is the stuff of nightmares: collapsing from
altitude sickness, slipping into unconsciousness, waking up all
alone at the top of the world, left behind as though he were a
corpse. As a storyteller, Hall has a tough job: to convey to the
reader what was going on inside his head as he slipped in and out
of hallucination until the line between fantasy and reality was so
blurred as to be nonexistent. He does this with a grace and sense
of drama that befit a novel: we feel weare there with him, seeing
and hearing things that canat possibly be real. There have been a
great many Everest-themed books lately, but this one stands alone,
the first-person account of a climberas journey into, and back out
of, death itself.a
--"Booklist" (starred review)
aA gripping, almost unbelievable story of survival.a
a"The Sun- Herald"
aA compelling story that explores the outer reaches of human
strength, endurance and endeavour.a
a"The Sunday Telegraph"
aA powerful account.a
a"Illawarra Mercury"
aAn incredible, educational spiritual and entertaining book.a
a"Independent Weekly"
aAn inspirational tale.a
a"Outdoor Australia" magazine
aA gripping, almost unbelievable story of survival.a
a"The Sun- Herald"
aA compelling story that explores the outer reaches of human
strength, endurance and endeavour.a
a"The Sunday Telegraph"
aA powerful account.a
a"Illawarra Mercury"
aAn incredible, educational spiritual and entertaining book.a
a"Independent Weekly"
aAn inspirational tale.a
a"Outdoor Australia" magazine
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