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Greg Mortimer, OAM is an Australian mountaineer (born December 10, 1952).〔http://www.abc.net.au/tv/talkingheads/txt/s2698247.htm accessed 27 March 2012〕 Mortimer is most well known as one of the first two Australians (with Tim Macartney-Snape) to successfully climb Mount Everest〔''White Limbo: The First Australian Climb of Mt Everest'' (1985) by Lincoln Hall, Kevin Weldon, Sydney.〕 on 3 October 1984 without oxygen.〔http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2009/09/06/2674391.htm accessed 27 March 2012〕 Their ascent was the first via the North face and Great Couloir and is now one of the established routes used to climb the mountain.〔http://www.suburbia.com.au/~anarensw/midwinter/previous/2006Greg_Mortimer.htm accessed 27 March 2012〕 Mortimer and Greg Child were the first Australians to climb K2 (1990), and Mortimer was the first to climb Annapurna II by its south face (1983), the first Australian to climb Antarctica's highest peak, Vinson Massif (1988) and the first〔http://museumvictoria.com.au/learning-federation/antarctic-collection/half-sledge---greg-mortimer-mt-minto/ accessed 27 March 2012〕 to climb Mount Minto〔''The Loneliest Mountain: The Dramatic Story of the First Expedition to Climb Mt Minto, Antarctica'' (1989) by Lincoln Hall, Simon & Schuster, Sydney〕 in the Admiralty Mountains of Antarctica (1988).〔http://www.everesthistory.com/climbers/gregmortimer.htm retrieved 27 March 2012〕〔 *''First Ascent: The Life and Climbs of Greg Mortimer'' (1996) by Lincoln Hall, Simon & Schuster, Sydney〕 Mortimer trained as a geochemist and geologist, has worked as a survival-training instructor and as a Scientific Affairs Adviser for the New Zealand Antarctic Division. Since 1992 he has led over 80 expeditions to Antarctica, many on a commercial basis with his company Aurora Expeditions.〔http://www.auroraexpeditions.com.au/about〕 Mortimer was born in 1952 in Sydney, Australia and grew up around Gladesville and Bondi Junction.〔http://www.abc.net.au/tv/talkingheads/txt/s2698247.htm accessed 27 March 2012〕 Mortimer is the recipient of a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) and three Australian Geographic Society medals. ==Books about Greg Mortimer== * ''White Limbo: The First Australian Climb of Mt Everest'' (1985) by Lincoln Hall, Kevin Weldon, Sydney. * ''The Loneliest Mountain: The Dramatic Story of the First Expedition to Climb Mt Minto, Antarctica'' (1989) by Lincoln Hall, Simon & Schuster, Sydney. * ''First Ascent: The Life and Climbs of Greg Mortimer'' (1996) by Lincoln Hall, Simon & Schuster, Sydney. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Greg Mortimer」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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