The Crew
Lucas Trihey – Owner
Lucas has worked in the adventure world for 40+ years and has experience in expeditions, remote events, film crew support, safety and risk consulting, medical teams, adventure events and conferences, adventure publishing and editing. His work has included training people to work in remote areas, adventure guides, roped activities, emergency response and outdoor retail.
Lucas is the medical team director for Ultra Trail Australia (UTA), Ultra Trail Kosciuszko, Six Foot Track Marathon, The Guzzler, Lonely Mountain Ultra and others. He spent four years as course designer, rigger and safety director for The Test of the Toughest and he was the Australian team leader for the safety and rigging team at the 1997 Eco-Challenge. For 12 years he’s looked after Safety and the first aid cover for the NSW Running Wild Series. He advises the ANU about Risk Management for the unique Inward Bound navigation event. He was founding Event Director and course setter for the 250km, 6-day Big Red Run and Big Red Bash in the Simpson Desert and Trek Director for the 11-day, 330km Burke and Wills Trek in the outback. He rigged the rope climb/descent at the 2014 GeoQuest in the Flinders Ranges and oversees the set up for the Tarros Ladders every year for UTA. Film production credits include The Edge (IMAX), Test of the Toughest, Rexona Australia’s Greatest Athlete, Netflix APEX and numerous docos and TVCs over 20 years.
Lucas advises and consults on risk management and event safety and has worked with the Victorian Rogaining Association, Birdsville Race Club and the Kep Track Ultra. In 2006 he was the first person to walk across the Simpson Desert unsupported and avoiding 4WD tracks. The 17-day 400km trek was completed pulling a cart with all water and food and involved crossing 1000 dunes.
Recreationally Lucas has climbed rocks and mountains around the world, joined and led expeditions to far-flung places and he’s walked and driven across many of Australia’s deserts. Lucas was one of the founders of the Blue Mountains Climber’s Rescue Group and Australian Accident Register. He spent a lot of the 90s pioneering new rock climbs in his local Blue Mountains and the Warrumbungles, spent a few summers ice-climbing in NZ (summiting Aoraki/Mt Cook via the Sheila Face and North Ridge) and was the first Australian to fly a paraglider from the top of Aoraki. In the 90s he was in the team that made the first ascent of Mt Chongtar 7450m, one of the highest unclimbed mountains in the World. He’s climbed two ice routes on Mt Kenya, Kilimanjaro via the Arrow Glacier and guided blind climber Nick Gleeson up Kili.
He’s driven trucks and owned a tree-lopping business in between adventure work. He’s been bogged to the axles many times, has fixed broken-down cars in the outback and loves nothing more than a bush-mechanic challenge. From 2002 to 2008 he published and edited Outdoor Australia, Adventure Gear Guide and Adventure Journal.