Andrew Lock

Not to be confused with Drew Lock.

Andrew Lock
Personal information
NationalityAustralian
Born (1961-12-26) 26 December 1961 (age 62)
Websiteandrew-lock.com
Climbing career
Type of climberMountaineer
Known forFirst Australian to climb all 14 eight-thousanders
(13 without oxygen)

Andrew James Lock OAM (born 26 December 1961) is an Australian mountaineer. He became the first, and still remains the only, Australian to climb all 14 "eight-thousanders" (the peaks over 8,000-metres above sea level) on 2 October 2009, and is the 18th person to ever complete this feat. He climbed 13 of the 14 without bottled oxygen, only using it on Mount Everest, which he has summited three times.[1][2][3] He retired from eight-thousander climbing in 2012.[4][5]

  1. ^ Andrew Lock is the most successful athlete most Australians have never heard of. "ANDREW LOCK:One more climb. A journey to become Australia's greatest mountaineer". Canberra Times. 2015.
  2. ^ Andrew Lock is the first Australian to successfully climb all 14 of the world’s 8000-metre peaks, including four that he has summited three times. "ANDREW LOCK OAM: First Australian to climb all 14 "eight-thousanders"". Australian Museum. 27 November 2015.
  3. ^ "ANDREW LOCK: All 14 eight-thousanders". National Geographic. 2015.
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