Rob Hall, Mountaineer

Timeline of Hall's Climbs and the 1996 Disaster

This page follows Rob Hall's climbing life, from the mountains he climbed with Gary Ball to the 1996 disaster on Everest and the honours that followed.1,10

  1. Seven Summits in seven months3

    Ball and Hall climbed the Seven Summits in seven months.

  2. Everest with Peter Hillary2

    Ball summited Mount Everest with Peter Hillary and Rob Hall.

  3. Ball dies on Dhaulagiri4,5

    Ball died of high-altitude pulmonary edema while climbing Dhaulagiri with Hall. Hall buried Ball's body in a crevasse on the mountain.

  4. Member of the Order of the British Empire6

    Hall was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire in the Queen's Birthday Honours for services to mountaineering.

  5. The Everest disaster8,10

    Krakauer took part in a guided ascent of Mount Everest and was caught in the disaster. He reached the summit and returned to camp, but four teammates, including group leader Rob Hall, died while descending in the storm.

  6. Deadliest year on Everest9

    Fifteen people died on Everest by the end of the climbing season, the deadliest single year in Everest history to that point.

  7. New Zealand Bravery Star7

    Hall was posthumously awarded the New Zealand Bravery Star in the New Zealand bravery awards.