Topics and Themes

The Best Adventure Speaker in the World.

Considered one of the best adventure speakers in the world because of his trademark ability to individually personalize every presentation to the specific needs of each group, in over 20 years of speaking he has never given the same presentation twice.  Using an exhaustive five-step preparatory research process, he carefully studies each audience.  After he has ensured the 100% accuracy of the information he has collected, he commits it to memory and blends it in perfect context into each presentation.  The result is a one-of-a-kind program with unparalleled organizational and individual applicability and impact.

Alan speaks about the following Topics and Themes:

Ever Upwards!

Ever Upwards!

After more than a decade of preparation, Alan Hobson's first non-guided, corporately sponsored and self-organized expedition to Mt. Everest missed the summit by 3,000 feet when his team's high camp was blasted off the mountain by gale force winds.  He returned home to judgements that he had failed.  But instead of giving up, he used his hard-won experience to begin again more intelligently.  Three years later he was back on Everest with half the budget of his first expedition, half the personnel and no bottled oxygen.  This time, his team missed the top by just two city blocks when their lead climber developed severe high altitude sickness.  Expedition members decided to try to rescue him rather than continue blindly for the summit.  They saved is life.  Still, Alan again returned home to allegations that he and his team had failed.  Undeterred, he returned a third time to the mountain three years later and finally made it safely to and from the top of the world.  Three years after that, he was diagnosed with an aggressive blood cancer and given less than a year to live.  Again, Alan defied the sceptics.  He made a 100% recovery and today he is almost as physically fit as he was prior to his last Everest expedition.  And, he is officially medically cured.  Alan shows audiences how to turn setbacks into comebacks and obstacles into opportunities.

Swifter, Higher…Smarter!

It happens to everyone. You establish a goal, but fall short of achieving it. You try again, but a competing priority suddenly requires you to shift your focus, or your resources. Then, you finally succeed, only to be blindsided by the unexpected. Alan Hobson faced all of these situations on his three non-guided, corporately sponsored and self-organized expeditions to Mt. Everest and while climbing back from cancer. In his spellbinding fully personalized presentations, he draws invaluable connections between the priceless lessons of his life experiences and the specific challenges you face personally and organizationally. He does this by using an exhaustive five-step personal preparatory research process that enables him to link his experiences with your unique challenges and opportunities in perfect context with complete accuracy. This has earned him the distinction of being one of the best adventure speakers in the world. Alan inspires audiences to transform obstacles into opportunities and emerge swifter, stronger and smarter than ever before.  

Scaling the Inner Everest 

Three years after Everest, Alan faced his biggest mountain. Diagnosed with acute leukemia (an aggressive blood cancer) and given less than a year to live, once again, he refused to give up. Today, he is one of less than a few dozen people ever to regain an elite level of fitness after an adult blood stem cell transplant to eradicate the disease. He has now been cancer-free for more than nine years and is officially medically cured. He is living proof that no mountain, no matter what kind, is insurmountable. This provides a powerful new perspective for everyone present. 

Succeeding – on Purpose 

After his first non-guided, corporately sponsored and self-organized Everest expedition did not make it to the top, Alan’s second attempt missed the summit by just two city blocks when the expedition's lead climber came down with life-threatening high altitude sickness. His team worked for 33 continuous hours and saved the man’s life, but it meant postponing the achievement of their goal. Discouraged, but not defeated, Alan walked away again with another set of precious lessons and started over on his third expedition with renewed determination. This time, he succeeded in safely climbing to and from the top of the world. Then came an avalanche of a totally different sort. In today’s tough economic times, instant adaptability and psychological resilience are essential to success. Alan shows audiences how to rise to the challenge of cataclysmic change and effectively re-prioritize without losing sight of their mission, vision, values or objectives. Beyond that, the possibilities are limitless – if we stay on purpose.  

Executing with Excellence 

After three non-guided, corporately sponsored and self-organized expeditions to Mt. Everest, an experienced Alan Hobson finally stepped onto the roof of the world. It was a true triumph of tenacity almost two decades in the making. He shows audiences that even when times are hard, if we remain focused on executional excellence and maintain a relentless upward drive toward higher performance, we really can achieve the ultimate. His powerful personal example resonates on an individual and organizational level. When this is combined with his trademark personalization of every presentation in perfect context and with 100% accuracy, the results are impressive. A must-see for any individual or organization aspiring to greater heights.  

Rising to the Challenge of Change      

In today’s environment of uncertainty and constant change, Alan’s messages of tenacity and teamwork could not be more timely. He offers practical tools for managing the unexpected, as well as those challenges we can more easily predict. The hard-won wisdom he has garnered on the outer and inner Everests of his life has real world relevance, applicability and power. When he links it directly to your specific challenges using his trademark personalization process, the results are palpable. He is a tough man for tough times but a master at making his messages immediately applicable today – the perfect guide for anyone facing an Everest of ambiguity and the unknown. So get ready for the climb of your life! It’s time to triumph over trial and reach your peak!