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First Woman to Summit Everest from North & South Sides

Cathy O’Dowd is a winning explorer and raconteur.

Not one to submit to adversity, she reached Everest’s peak from the south, despite facing the worst storm in the mountain’s history.

She took on the challenge of the treacherous north side two years later, but her attempt ended when she stopped to try and save a dying climber.

A year later she returned and succeeded in becoming the first woman to climb Everest from both the north and south sides.

The first woman to conquer both the north and south sides of Everest

In detail

A former university lecturer with a Masters degree in Media Studies, she grew up in South Africa.

Now based in Europe, she remains an active adventurer, from the heights of the Himalaya to the wilderness of the Arctic. In 2003 she attempted a new route up the notorious east face of Everest.

What she offers you

Interweaving the literal climbing adventure and the symbolic challenge of peak performance, she evokes your sense of possibility.

Spectacular images add to her poignant story, which will rouse you to approach challenges with renewed zeal and increased capabilities.

Cathy’s great strength lies in combining her dramatic adventures with a coherent message to business. Her inspirational presentations entertain and motivate while reinforcing key principles of best business practise.

How she presents

Cathy is a fluent and passionate speaker, combining humour and drama, weaving a spell-binding story out of which she subtly draws her metaphors for achievement. All presentations are dramatically illustrated with photographs from the mountain.

Cathy O’Dowd video presentation click on the text

Leadership

Team Dynamics and Creating Effective Teams

Risk Assessment

Overcoming Obstacles

Motivation of Self and Others

Facing New Challenges

Goal-setting

Effective Partnerships, Including Inter-cultural

1999
Just for the Love of It

1997
Everest: Free to Decide

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