Michael Groom (climber)
Michael Graeme Groom is an Australian mountaineer. In 1995, Groom became the fourth person ever to reach the summits of the five highest peaks in the world without using bottled oxygen. In 1987 he lost the front third of his feet to frostbite after descending from the summit of Kangchenjunga. Despite this, he managed to summit Mount Everest in 1993 and again in 1996. He has also completed the Seven Summits.
Groom acted as a guide for Adventure Consultants during the 1996 Mount Everest disaster, which he survived and subsequently described in his 1997 autobiography. 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 for "service to mountaineering".
Mountains climbed
Eight-thousanders1987 – Kangchenjunga
1993 and 1996 – Mount Everest
1994 – Lhotse
1995 – K2
1999 – Makalu
Seven Summits
1983 – Mount Kosciuszko
1983 – Kilimanjaro
1984 – Mont Blanc
1985 – Elbrus
1985 – Aconcagua
1986 – Denali
1990 – Vinson Massif
1993 and 1996 – Mount Everest
1998 – Puncak Jaya