Andrew Lock is Australia's most accomplished high altitude mountaineer and widely recognised as one of Australia's most competent Mountain Climbing and Remote Area trekking guides. His expertise as an international expedition leader and logistician to destinations around the world is highly sought after, with a resume that includes leading successful expeditions to Heard Island, Central Asia, South America, Mt Everest's summit and remote areas of nearly every continent on earth.

As the most accomplished high altitude mountaineer in Australian history, his achievements encompass 17 summits of 8000 metre peaks, including Mt Everest (twice) and twelve other of the world's fourteen 8000 metre peaks, more than three times that of any other Australian, placing him in a select group of the world's best alpinists. Additionally, Andrew accomplished the first Australian ascent of 5 of those mountains, a record that can never be broken.  His continuing mountaineering successes include:

• The only Australian to climb thirteen of the world's fourteen 8000 metre peaks, including Mt Everest (twice), K2 and Annapurna.
• The first Australian to lead a commercial expedition to the summit of Mount Everest.
• The first Australian ascent of five of the world's 8000 metre peaks
• Solo ascents of four 8000 metre peaks: Broad Peak, Lhotse, Shishapangma Central and Cho Oyu
• The only Australian to climb two 8000 metre peaks in one year (he has done this four times, twice climbing two peaks in a single expedition!)
• Ascents of the highest mountains in the western and southern hemispheres

Andrew has led teams of inexperienced people to the summit of Mt Everest and some of the most inhospitable environments on earth. But success has not come easily. He has survived avalanches, crevasse falls, frostbite, bivouacs at extreme altitude without equipment and witnessed friends perish.

His exceptional achievements in the face of such adversity have demanded supreme levels of endurance, motivation and leadership.

A vastly experienced Antarctic veteran, Andrew has led, trained and guided members of the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions on multiple expeditions and guided commercial groups across Antarctica and the sub Antarctic.

He has a comprehensive background in corporate and outdoor training, military and multi-agency emergency services.

He holds a Bachelor of Social Science (Emergency Management) with Distinction, is the recipient of the Australian National Medal, the Australian Defence medal and has twice been awarded the Mount Everest medal by the Government of Nepal. He is a regular speaker at charity events.


Andrew filming on Mt Everest in 2004

He is an experienced mountain and wilderness documentary cameraman and in 2004 was contracted to film the summit of Mt Everest for Discovery Channel,  a production that has been shown on multiple occasions around the world.  His 2007 film footage from Mt Annapurna in Nepal, was widely shown on international television.