Sir Chris Bonington CBE Speaker Profile

Sir Chris Bonington CBE World Renowned Climber and Adventurer

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Sir Chris Bonington is one of the most successful expedition leaders in the world having led the teams that made the first ascents of the South Face of Annapurna and the South West Face of Everest. He has been at the cutting edge of climbing for several years making first ascents of twenty peaks in the greater ranges of the world.

"A Mountaineering Icon

In detail Languages Chris is President of the British Mountaineering Council and He presents in English. President of the Council for National Parks. He is also Chairman of Berghaus, Britain's most successful outdoors clothing brand. Want to know more? He has been awarded the prestigious Founders Medal of the Give us a call or send us an e-mail to find out exactly what he Royal Geographical Society, been made a Commander of the could bring to your event. British Empire and received a knighthood in 1996. His ascent of the Ogre with Doug Scott in 1978 was only repeated after twenty How to book him? attempts in 2002. He still climbs actively and made a first ascent Simply phone, fax or e-mail us. of an unclimbed peak in the Kulu range of the Indian Himalaya in 2003. Publications What he offers you 2006 Meetings with Mountains Chris Bonington is more than just a mountaineer, writer and 2003 lecturer. He is now one of the country's leading motivational speakers for business. Chris talks you through his expeditions, Everest Expeditions making the links between what he does so successfully on the 2001 mountain with business today. Audiences are inspired, thrilled and One Man's Mountains more than ready to climb their own Everest. 1994 Great Climbs: A Celebration of World Mountaineering How he presents 1993 Leading the way with audio-visual presentations, Chris is now Sea, Ice and Rock going digital. This enables him to use his stunning visuals, 1992 computer animation and video all together in his engaging The Climbers: A History of Mountaineering presentations. 1991 Quest for Adventure Topics

Teamwork Determination and Perseverance Achieving Objectives Chris was excellent and was received very positively by the Visionary Leadership audience. He was inspiring and sincere - Logica Empowerment Planning and Organisation Crisis Management