Cathy O'Dowd

Andorra Andorra

1st woman to climb Everest from both sides. Motivational speaker, focusing on team dynamics & leadership in uncertainty.

The 1st woman in the world to climb Everest from both sides and the first South African to climb Everest. A professional inspirational speaker with 20 years experience, having spoken in 43 countries on 6 continents. Author of two books on Everest, 'Just for the love of it', and 'Everest: Free To Decide'. An active adventurer, currently focusing on ski-mountaineering and alpine rock-climbing. Specialties: Presenting keynote speeches on team dynamics, leadership and motivation within organisations, based on my experiences from 4 expeditions to Mt Everest, with two summits; organising and undertaking adventure trips; telling adventure stories through books, pictures, speeches and documentari...