Achievements
Laurie Skerslet has other achievements other than being the first Canadian to climb Mount Everest. Laurie is a motivational speaker and has presented 1500 presentations throughout the world. In July 2001 Laurie published To the Top of Everest, which won two awards- Canadian best seller and Children’s Choice 2004. In 2007 Skreslet’s movie the Climb was released which help convey that personal commitment, team work, preparation, planning, and dedication to excellence was the key to success on Mt. Everest. He has had thirty- two high altitude expeditions-including over twenty expeditions to Mt. Aconcagua in Argentina, highest peak in the Western Hemisphere. He is a certified ACMG guide- association of Canadian Mountain guides for nine years. After his climb to Mt. Everest Laurie Skerslet was given the name first Canadian to climb Mt Everest he also helped organized a team in 1986. This is where Sharon Wood became the first woman in the Western hemisphere to Summit Everest. Laurie has done his motivational speaking in over 500 Companies (Venues-Canadian Life, Sprint, Agriculture, Food and Rural Revitalization, Novartis, Fidelity Investments, DuPont, etc.) also has been involved with over 2000 organizations and has touched the lives of over 500,000 people. A message that he is always trying to convey in his speeches is that everyone has their own mountain of endeavor to climb.
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Famous quotes containing the word achievements:
“Freedom of enterprise was from the beginning not altogether a blessing. As the liberty to work or to starve, it spelled toil, insecurity, and fear for the vast majority of the population. If the individual were no longer compelled to prove himself on the market, as a free economic subject, the disappearance of this freedom would be one of the greatest achievements of civilization.”
—Herbert Marcuse (1898–1979)
“Like all writers, he measured the achievements of others by what they had accomplished, asking of them that they measure him by what he envisaged or planned.”
—Jorge Luis Borges (1899–1986)
“Fathers are still considered the most important “doers” in our culture, and in most families they are that. Girls see them as the family authorities on careers, and so fathers’ encouragement and counsel is important to them. When fathers don’t take their daughters’ achievements and plans seriously, girls sometimes have trouble taking themselves seriously.”
—Stella Chess (20th century)