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GARY P. SCOTT
Inspirational Everest Speaker
and Business Consultant
- The world record
holder for the fastest ascent of Alaska’s Mt.
McKinley.
- A member of the
successful 1991 American Everest Expedition while
attempting a world
record one-day ascent, alone and without
supplemental oxygen.
- Previously an
international mountain guide/leader on 30+ Himalayan
trips.
- The General
Manager of the U.S. National Triathlon Team in 1989 &
1990.
- Currently writing
his fourth book – An Everest Climbers Guide to
Success.
- A much in demand
speaker, writer, business consultant and
marketing advisor.
A native Australian, Gary
Scott has spent over twenty years of his life climbing and exploring much of
the world, including over 30 trips to the Himalayas. A pioneer of extreme
rock climbing and previously an international mountain guide, he is the
world-record holder for the fastest ascent of Alaska’s Mt. McKinley,
climbing it alone in a super human 18 ˝ hours. He has owned and operated
his own adventure travel company with offices in Nepal, London and the U.S.,
and worked with the U.S. Triathlon Team and the U.S. Olympic Committee. He
has managed numerous radio stations and sales teams, and worked on dozens of
advertising, public relations and marketing projects.
Currently a motivational
and inspirational speaker to corporate groups across the country, Gary Scott
has earned the right to speak about setting goals, fulfilling dreams, and
pushing your limits, while living a life of adventure. Gary has a unique
ability to capture the heart and soul of his audience while giving them the
motivation, inspiration and direction to accomplish more in all areas of
life. A superb story teller and photographer -- Gary’s spectacular
multi-media presentation entertains and teaches groups with stories, lessons
learned, and his own incredible experiences -- including barely escaping
death while surviving a night out in a raging blizzard near the top of Mount
Everest without oxygen, food, water or shelter. He shares how everyone has
an “Everest” in their lives.
Gary teaches from what he
has learned from 20 years of mountaineering and how it applies to life and
business with a philosophy called SUMMIT STRATEGIES -- a way of living life
to your full potential, in a manner that allows you to dream to your maximum
capacity. Summit Strategies is about attempting goals that you never would
have tried, placing doubt and fear aside, and boldly pursuing the things you
desire in every area of your life. Gary speaks about what he has learned
from following his heart and living his dreams though his Summit Strategies
philosophy.
Gary’s fascination with
mountains began at the age of six when visiting the Canadian Rockies with
his parents. By the age of ten he was avidly exploring the Australian bush
with map and compass and taught himself rock climbing at the age of twelve.
Through his high school years he spent every weekend and holiday at one of
thirty different rock climbing areas he climbed at. After high school Gary
spent three years climbing six days a week, establishing over 200 first
ascents up to grade 24 (U.S. 5.12) becoming a pioneer of extreme rock
climbing at the time. In his early twenties he left Australia with a
one-way ticket to the Himalayas and spent the next few years traveling
throughout the world before settling back in Nepal. It was in Nepal that he
worked for numerous adventure travel companies as a trekking guide before
starting his own trekking and mountaineering company specializing in leading
small groups up trekking peaks. He has led over thirty trips in Nepal and
has organized dozens of other trekking and climbing trips.
He then moved to the U.S.
where he worked as a guide for the Palisade School of Mountaineering in
California for three seasons and for the International Mountain Climbing
School in New Hampshire for two winters. During this time Gary climbed
extensively throughout the U.S. including an ascent of the 3,000 foot El
Capitan in Yosemite Valley, California. In 1986 he shocked the
mountaineering community with a world-record speed ascent and the first ever
one-day ascent of Mt. McKinley in Alaska, climbing solo from the 7,000 foot
Base Camp to the 20,320 foot summit in an astonishing 18 ˝ hours. In 1988
Gary guided a team up Mt. Acconcagua (22,840 feet) in South America after
which he attempted another speed ascent but was beaten by the weather near
the summit. In 1991 he attempted a solo, one-day speed ascent of Mt.
Everest (29,035 feet) without supplemental oxygen before his attempt was cut
short by poor health. He is returning to Everest in 2003 for another
attempt.
A member of the American
Mountain Guides Association and the American Alpine Club, Gary maintains a
busy schedule with speaking and writing on what he has learned from spending
over thirty years in the mountains and how people can apply that to their
lives. Deciding early on to focus on developing great relationships with
fewer “team mates” than running large numbers of people on dozens of trips,
Gary organizes and guides only 5-6 international trips a year. His passion
is helping people achieve their personal goals through sharing adventures
with them in the great mountain ranges of the world.
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