IYF Leadership Speaker Series
Gary Guller
Record-setting mountaineer Motivational Speaker
Author
> about the speaker:
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Led Team Everest ’03 (the largest group of people with disabilities) to ever reach Everest Base Camp at 17,500 feet
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Reached the summit and became the first person with one arm to reach Mt. Everest
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Led an expedition to the summit of Mt. Cho Oyu (world’s 6th highest mountain) in Tibet
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Completed the Marathon des Sables in Morocco across the Sahara Desert
> topic Description:
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People should not focus on color, gender, orientation, physical disability, or cognitive challenge, but look at each other’s hearts.
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You need a bunch of other people around you, a lot more than you think sometimes, to be truly successful.
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Anything is possible when people do it together.
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Never give up on your dream and what you to accomplish even though there may be pitfalls and challenges.
> date & time
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July 30 (Thurs.) EDT, PDT