Greg Mortimer

Greg Mortimer OAM (born 10 December 1952) is an Australian climber. Mortimer is notable as one of the first two Australians (with Tim Macartney-Snape) to successfully climb Mount Everest, on 3 October 1984. Their ascent, without supplemental oxygen, was the first via the North Face and Norton Couloir. It is one of the climbing routes that has not been repeated often.

This article is about the climber. For the cruise ship named after him, see Greg Mortimer (ship).

Greg Mortimer
Personal information
NationalityAustralian
Born (1952-12-10) 10 December 1952
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Climbing career
Type of climberMountaineer
First ascentsMount Everest, Nepal by a new route (1984), Mount Minto, Antarctica (1988), many first Australian ascents of major peaks.
Major ascentsAnnapurna II (1983), Mount Everest (1984), K2 (1990), Manaslu (2002),
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