A new mountaineering and rock climbing exhibition in the National Sports Museum shines a light on the adventurous spirit of Mick Parker.
A dedicated and passionate climber, Parker died in June 2009 after scaling Mount Makalu, the world’s fifth tallest mountain.
Parker’s family has kindly donated a selection of his climbing equipment to the National Sports Museum in his memory.
Despite our relatively flat terrain, Australia has produced a number of famous mountaineers, including Tim Macartney-Snape — the first person to climb Mount Everest from sea level — and Brigitte Muir, who was the first Australian to scale the highest mountain on each continent.
Parker climbed nine of the world’s 14 tallest mountains, three of them twice, without supplementary oxygen and reached the summit of five of them: Makalu, Cho Oyu, Broad Peak, Manaslu and Gasherbrum (G1).
The exhibition is open in the NSM until the end of the year.
