
How to survive climbing the world’s highest mountains: Andrew Lock

Less than a year after a life-threatening accident, Steve Plain began his journey to climb the world’s seven summits.
If you’re a young adventurer who dreams of conquering some of the world’s highest mountains, this is what it takes.
More than 60 years after the first ascent of Mt Everest by Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary, we talk to mountaineer Greg Mortimer about the first Australian ascent of the world’s highest peak.
AG Society sponsored adventurer Tim Jarvis has climbed the highest mountain in Oceania to alert world leaders to the reality of climate change.
In November 2015, AG Society sponsored adventurer Tim Jarvis will be climbing three of the world’s 25 remaining glacial mountains.
AG Society-sponsored adventurer Tim Jarvis hoped to “instil a sense of urgency” at the COP21 climate change conference in Paris when he climbed three equatorial mountains with melting glaciers and live streamed what he saw to world leaders. The climb was a part of the 25zero project, which coordinated summits of all 25 equatorial mountains with glaciers predicted to disappear within the next 25 years – some of which are pictured in the gallery below. This year, Tim Jarvis will be a guest speaker at the AG Society Awards night. To book your tickets click HERE.
Aussie adventurer Tim Jarvis plans to tackle a three-peak line-up during a major Paris climate conference.
Despite its relatively modest 3724m peak, Aoraki/Mount Cook isn’t for the faint-hearted. It’s one of the toughest climbs on Earth.
The AG Society sponsored a team to attempt the first ascent of Tsartse, a mountain in Nepal