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Michael Graeme Groom OAM (born 1959) is an Australian [1] mountaineer. [2] In 1995, Groom became the fourth person ever to reach the summits of the five highest peaks in the world ( Makalu, Lhotse, Kangchenjunga, K2 and Everest) without using bottled oxygen. In 1987 he lost the front third of his feet to frostbite after descending from the summit of Kangchenjunga. [3] Despite this, he managed to summit Mount Everest in 1993 and again in 1996. He has also completed the Seven Summits (highest mountains on each of the seven continents).
Groom acted as a guide for
Adventure Consultants during the
1996 Mount Everest disaster, which he survived and subsequently described in his 1997 autobiography.
[4] In the 2015 film
Everest, Groom was portrayed by actor
Tom Wright.
In the 2000 Australia Day Honours Groom was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) for "service to mountaineering". [5]
Mountains climbed
1987 – Kangchenjunga (8,586 m)
1993 and 1996 – Mount Everest (8,848 m)
1994 – Lhotse (8,516 m)
1995 – K2 (8,611 m)
1999 – Makalu (8,463 m)
1983 – Kosciuszko (2,228 m)
1983 – Kilimanjaro (5,895 m)
1984 – Mont Blanc (4,810 m)
1985 – Elbrus (5,642 m)
1985 – Aconcagua (6,961 m)
1986 – Denali (6,190 m)
1990 – Vinson Massif (4,892 m)
1993 and 1996 – Mount Everest (8,848 m)
1998 – Puncak Jaya (4,884 m)
Bibliography
- Sheer Will: The Inspiring Life and Climbs of Michael Groom. An Autobiography 1997 Random House Australia ISBN 0-09-183623-9
See also
- List of people with surname Groom
- List of Mount Everest summiters by number of times to the summit
- List of Mount Everest guides
References
- ^ Michael Groom: The Official Website Archived 24 January 2014 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Cornford, Philip. " Death and ethics collide at top of the world" 27 May 2006, Sydney Morning Herald. Accessed 15 April 2009. Archived 15 April 2009.
- ^ "Michael Groom — ABC Conversations with Richard Fidler". ABC Local radio. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 24 June 2011. Retrieved 26 February 2012.
- ^ Everesthistory.com Michael Groom Bio
- ^ "Michael Graeme Groom". honours.pmc.gov.au. Retrieved 7 October 2019.