LIncoln Hall in Peru in 1980. Lincoln died of Mesothelioma on 20 March, 2012.

Lincoln Hall at Yosemite National Park in 2002, during his time as editor of Australian Geographic Adventure magazine.

Lincoln is treated for a case of frostbite at about 6000m on the 7066m-high Mt Dunagiri in 1978.

Lincoln was a climbing junkie, and in this 1975 photograph from his collection, he climbs a crag at Blue Lake. He’s pictured in red, in the centre of the image.

Lincoln Hall on Mt Cook, New Zealand in 1977. Lincoln was given the Lifetime of Adventure award by the Australian Geographic Society in 2010.

Lincoln Hall, who received an Order of Australia Medal in 1987 for service to mountaineering, is seen here on the summit of Mt Haidinger, New Zealand, in 1977.

1981. Lincoln Halle (right) and Tim Macartney-Snape in a tent on the Amnye Machen a sacred mountain in the Tibetan region. Tim and Lincoln went on to form part of the first Australian Everest Expedition team in 1984.

Lincoln Hall, former editor of Australian Geographic Adventure magazine, climbing Mt Geru Manikaran Spires, India, 1979.

Lincoln and friends on the Kossie Hannels Spur, February 2008, two years after his miraculous survival overnight in the Death Zone on Mt Everest. Lincoln lost most of his fingers to frostbite from this incident, but still kept active, leading trips for Australian Geographic.

In this photograph from Lincoln Hall’s personal collection, he peers out of his tent on Mt Everest at 8150m. He was part of the first Australian Everst Expedition in 1984.

Lincoln Hall, Australian mountaineer who summitted Mt Everest in 2006 and survived a night in the Death Zone, died at aged 56 from mesothelioma, on 20 March, 2012.