Very excited to be gearing up my next major expedition, which will take place from December 2016 to March 2017. In conjunction with Neil Ward, with whom I climbed on a couple of 8000 metre peaks, Makalu and Shishapangma, I’ll…
Whew, finally a moment to sit still and make contact. The last 12 months has been hectic with keynote speaking engagements around the country, guiding, earthquakes in Nepal, charity work and of course some personal adventures. KEYNOTE SPEAKING 2015 was…
SUMMIT 8000 Thanks to everyone who came along to the Summit 8000 speaking tour. I hope you enjoyed it. The tour kept expanding and by the end of 2014 I’d been to every capital city in Australia except Darwin, plus…
Andrew was an Australia Day Ambassador for the fourth time in 2014, attending the Ulladulla/Mollymook events on the south coast of NSW, where he had the honour to assist in a citizenship ceremony, to judge a local musical talent competition…
In September 2013, Andrew hosted a table at the Australian Himalayan Foundation dinner in Sydney which raised over $80,000. In October 2013, he spent a few more days abseiling down the AMP building at Circular Key in Sydney for the…
It’s been a busy few months for Andrew with his community activities. After raising $1650 in donations for the Australian Himalayan Foundation by competing in the Blackmores Sydney Running Festival, Andrew made an incredible 14 abseil descents over 2 days…
Andrew will return to Mt Everest to complete his mission make a solo, oxygenless ascent of the Tibet side of the mountain. With a departure date of early April, you can follow his progress on the Live Despatches link.
Andrew's recent attempt at a solo, oxygenless climb of the North Ridge was thwarted by strong winds but the expedition was successful with his first climb on the north side of Everest. For further news click on Live Despatches. However, as…
