Major Michael Patrick "Bronco" Lane, MM, BEM (22 July 1945 – 22 March 2024) was a British Army officer and author, known for his climbing expeditions which led to his summiting Mount Everest in 1976.

Born in 1945 in Manchester, Lane attended the Ullswater Outward Bound School in 1960 and joined Junior Leaders Royal Artillery in 1961.

[1] 1976 saw him joining a joint British-Nepalese Army expedition to Everest under the command of Lt. Col Tony Streather.

The expedition succeeded in putting Lane and fellow SAS colleague Brummie Stokes on the summit on 16 May.

Back home in England, doctors attempted to save the men's toes but the condition of their feet deteriorated in the summer heat.