For over 30 years, John Amatt led expeditions to remote regions of Northern
Norway, Peru, Nepal, China, Greenland and has explored areas of Arctic
Canada on six occasions, making many first ascents of previously unclimbed
peaks. At the age of 20, John spent two weeks lashed to minute ledges while
making the first ever ascent of Europe's highest and steepest mountain
precipice - the 5000 foot “Vertical Mile” Troll Wall in Norway, Later in
1981, he was leader of an early mountaineering expedition to Western China,
which made a lightweight ascent of 24,757 foot Mount Muztagata - the highest
peak in the world to have been ascended and descended entirely on skis.
More
recently, John fulfilled a lifelong dream by organizing and taking part
in Canada's first successful expedition to reach the top of the world -
the 29,028 foot summit of Mount Everest, the world's tallest mountain.
An educator by training, John established One Step Beyond WorldWide in
1984 and he has since delivered more than 1,000 keynote presentations and
seminars to total audiences of over 500,000 people in 30 countries around
the world. His mission is to encourage people to push beyond their self-imposed
limitations, to be more personally accountable for their own actions, and
to embrace effective teamwork by valuing the contribution of others.
John's
best-selling book, “One Step Beyond: Rediscovering the Adventure Attitude,”
articulates his belief that humankind must apply the spirit of adventure
to the challenges of daily life, if we are to cope with rapid change and
convert it to our own advantage. In his latest book, “Straight to the Top
and Beyond,” he uses the metaphor of adventure to develop a nine step approach
for scaling the heights in today's unpredictable global environments.
TOPICS:
Climbing your own Everest: What It Takes To Get To The Top, Straight To
The Top And Beyond: Nine Keys For Meeting The Challenges Of Changing Times,
Meeting The Challenge Of Change
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