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speaker biographies
Speaker
JOHN AMATT
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motivation
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For
over 30 years, John Amatt has led expeditions to remote regions of
Northern Norway, Peru, Nepal, China, Greenland and has explored
areas of the Arctic on six occasions, making many first ascents of
previously unclimbed peaks. At
the age of 20, John spent two weeks lashed to tiny 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 the leader of the 1st Canadian
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 1,500 keynote presentations and seminars to total audiences of
over 750,000 people in 35 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 and rapidly-changing global
business environments.
Visit
John Amatt's Website
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56 Poquonock Avenue
Windsor, Connecticut 06095
Voice: 800-875-2893
Fax: 860-687-1062
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