Back to Home
LINCOLN HALL
Ben Hills

Lincoln Hall is one of Australia's most famous adventurers. Lincoln was part of the first Australian attempt to ascend Mt. Everest, in 1984, but wasn't able to summit that time due to illness near the top. He did summit in 2006, but after falling into severe altitude sickness on the way down, his team was forced to abandon him after many attempts to resuscitate him.

Left for dead on Everest, Lincoln spent an unprecedented night alone near the top, with no oxygen and not even a tent. This circumstance would have killed anyone else--but not Lincoln! Miraculously, he was discovered the next day--alive and lucid--by a team ascending to the top. A massive rescue effort was mounted, and Lincoln lived to tell the story.

Lincoln is the author of eight books, including 'Dead Lucky': Life After Death on Everest (Random, 2007) and 'White Limbo': The First Australian Ascent of Everest, just re-released in paperback by Random.
Lincoln was also Editor of 'Outdoor Australia' and the Paddy Pallin magazine, 'Out There'.

Lincoln has presented lectures and programs for an A-list of corporate clients, including BP, Cathay Pacific, Cigna, Cisco, Compaq, Macquarie Bank, HDS, and Honeywell. He was a trainer/consultant for the Human Resources company Adventure West.

Lincoln is available to give the following presentations:

DEATH AND REDEMPTION ON MOUNT EVEREST

Inspiration permeates the story of Lincoln's unbelievable ordeal on Mount Everest. After being left for dead, alone in the open overnight at 28,000 feet, it seemed that death was indeed the only option. In those impossible circumstances, it was a synergistic mix of knowledge and experience gathered from thirty years of adventuring that kept him alive. Most powerful of these was Lincoln’s commitment to return to his family. This is a deeply human story of love, determination, and overcoming adversity, which, despite its extreme nature, resonates with the challenges in everyday life.

This presentation lends itself to the themes of Achieving Goals, Commitment and Determination, Building Resilience, Overcoming Adversity, Teamwork, and Leadership Begins with You.

SURVIVING AVALANCHES AND OTHER SETBACKS IN LIFE AND BUSINESS

On a big mountain you can lose your life by taking one false step on a steep icy slope. You can be swallowed by a hidden crevasse, disappear in a blizzard, or die from exhaustion. Without knowing it, you can begin to die from extreme High Altitude Sickness or hypothermia. Fear highlights the biggest risks, but fear can also lead to panic and its deadly result. When you are faced with great threats in either business or on a mountain, the best asset you can have is a clear mind so that plans can be made and appropriate actions taken. In this presentation Lincoln explains the interconnectivity of risks and where your focus should lie. Clarity of mind is the beginning of survival.

This presentation lends itself to the themes of Managing Change, Overcoming Adversity, Strategic Planning, Teamwork, and Leadership.

BREAKING BARRIERS

The psychological barriers were extreme when five Australians, Lincoln among them, pioneered a new route on Mount Everest without oxygen equipment. The barriers were no less extreme during his expedition to Mount Minto. A month of sailing to Antarctica, weeks of skiing inland to the mountain, and a month of sailing homewards in a disintegrating yacht, led to a paradigm shift revealing what only a few mountaineers could achieve with their own resources in the world's coldest place. But the greatest psychological barriers Lincoln has faced were high on Everest in 2006, when he pushed through hallucinations to fight a solitary battle to survive a night in the open without oxygen. Lincoln maintains that with the right skills and knowledge and an open mind you can make the impossible possible.

This presentation lends itself to the themes of The Power of Commitment, Setting and Achieving goals, Teamwork, and Leadership Begins with You.

 

>> click here to get more info or book Lincoln Hall

 

Alternatively you can contact me for any other information you need:

Contact me

PO Box 221
Double Bay (Sydney) NSW 1360
Australia

Tel: 61 2 9365 3266
Fax: 61 2 9365 3168
Email: margaret@margaretgee.com
Margaret Gee portrait
© 2007 Margaret Gee site by: MANIDESIGN.NET