Places I had a feeling something might have been going wrong… Here’s breaking news of what happened on Andrew Lock’s climb of Tibet’s Shishapangma. His ultimate climb on his quest to summit all the worlds fourteen 8000+ meter peaks was almost his last.
The full press release follows:
MOUNTAINEER, Andrew Lock, became the first Australian to summit all 14 of the world’s highest peaks when he stood atop Tibet’s Mt Shishapangma on Friday night but his elation was short-lived when his descent was delayed by a storm and he was forced to spend the night huddled on an icy shelf at 7600m fearing for his life. (more…)
Until last week only 17 men in the world had succeeded in climbing all fourteen 8000 meter plus peaks (known to climbers as 8000′ers). It’s the ultimate climbing pilgrimage that has become the holy grail for mountaineers the world over. At exactly 5:05pm on Friday 2nd October, however, Australian Andrew Lock officially joined the world’s mountaineering super elite by making himself the 18th.
Andrew Lock is, at this moment, making final preparations to summit Tibet’s Shishapangma. It’s the 14th and final step of his quest to become the first Australian to climb all 14 of the worlds 8000 meter plus peaks - also know to climbers as ‘Eight Thousanders’. 
