Dave Rodney

1st Canadian to Summit Mt. Everest Twice

Dave Rodney is one of the few people in world history who has successfully summited Mt. Everest twice (in 1999 & 2001, after overcoming a back broken in 4 places and a knee re-constructed 4 times)!

Dave is not just a climber, speaker, and writer; he has also earned three university degrees, worked in 3rd world countries, served as an educator & administrator in three countries, and built his own business. His still photography, videography, & written work have been utilized around the world (including National Geographic; Oprah; North American, European and African National Broadcast Companies; North American Corporations; North American and European books and texts), and he has been interviewed across the globe. However, he is most proud of the rewards he has gained from service with charitable, educational, civic and corporate organizations (he believes in “climbing with a conscience”)!

Dave possesses a humble, healthy pride in utilizing his academic, personal, and professional encounters as he tailors his programs to meet the personal and organizational realities, challenges, and conference themes for each group he speaks to. His moving, multi-disciplined, multi-media presentations empower his audiences to scale their “mountains” with integrity; and leave them renewed and refreshed.

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Adventuring on the Outside, and on the Inside! Or.…
Balance is critical to personal and professional success. How do we achieve this... physically, intellectually, emotional, spiritually, and socially? Dave shares his journey in these respects, utilizing experiences at some of the most beautiful, yet terrifying places in the world. He draws on the works of contemporary theorists, philosophers, (and cartoonists!); shares exclusive video footage from his successful ascent of Mt. Everest; and offers a meditative CD/Slide show finale as he guides you towards the discovery and enjoyment of your "Sacred Spaces".� After this session, you will return to your world refreshed, renewed, and re-invigorated... appreciating that your influence is much more significant than most people could ever imagine!�
Footprints to the Future: An Inter-Cultural Legacy of Leisure and Luxury
It is common to receive awards and accolades of all sorts after successfully summiting treacherous mountains--risky endeavors that require much sacrifice and dedication. But the challenges of our daily lives are every bit as deserving of attention as these efforts (and in the long run, they are often even more taxing!). Utilizing powerful slide images, video, music, and stories (from across the planet), David will demonstrate that the answers to the deepest questions of our lives are there for us…around our world, and within ourselves. This will provide you with the opportunity to look back, look around, and look forward…not with fear, but with satisfaction, hope, and excitement!�
Humour in the Himalayas
Expeditions are depicted as nothing less than serious endeavors; but when humans are exposed to only one-third the usual amount of oxygen, they say and do some pretty hilarious things! In this session, you will chuckle at cartoons demonstrating comedy above the clouds; hear side-splitting stories on the effects of elevation; witness crazy antics and accents at altitude; and observe outrageous outtakes rescued from the documentary editing room floor. After the jokes, wit and repartee, you will ask "are these climbers, or clowns?" and "how did they ever get to the top of the world and back?!". After running into personal and professional walls back home, Dave rediscovered laughter-at basecamp.� Venture with him to the lighter side of climbing…it will be a session you'll never forget!�
Picture Your Climb: Goal Setting, Visualization, Strategies, Focus, Balance
If you are struggling with achieving your full potential, this session is for you. Utilizing slides from experience on St. Vincent Island's "La Soufriere", Washington State's Mt. Rainier, Argentina's "Cerro Aconcagua", Australia's Ayer's Rock, and Nepal's "Solo-Khumbu" Region, David will share his adventures…which saw a simple prairie boy rise to new heights in every way, culminating with his successful ascent of Mt. Everest!�
Reaching New Heights Personally and Professionally or Higher Learning: An Everest Education Via the World-Wide Web
How can we program both excitement and relaxation into our jobs? After doing masters work related to the subject, David has discovered some answers that he will share with you in this session. He has incorporated mountaineering into his workplace; and will invite you along to explore some of his favourite areas around the world. This event will feature David's "Adventure Everest On-Line '97" the first international, interactive, internet, e-mail Business/Education project of its kind, which was based on, and at, the highest mountain on earth. (Simply planning the event was similar to organizing a major expedition, as the coordination of personnel and resources was an incredible logistical challenge. David will outline the history, curriculum, and system, which linked the world's highest base camp to classrooms around the globe in 1997, during his team's attempt to reach the roof of the world.)� He will also share the secrets of the strategies utilized during the communication of his own successful 1999 ascent of the mountain. Finally, David will include ideas for future projects that will stimulate the mind, as well as the body!
Turn Your Stumbling Blocks into Stepping Stones: Change, Risk, Critical Decision-Making, Motivation, Dreams
When we travel towards goals that are truly worth striving for, we are often faced with a myriad of situations we will either consider problems that threaten our dreams, or challenges that will enhance our development--depending on our attitude. David believes that often "we are not granted the grandeur of the next mountain-top vista until we have first trudged through the gullet of the tumultuous valley below."� In this gripping multi-media presentation (which includes life and death accounts of rescues on the highest mountains in the world), you will appreciate why Dave maintains that with proper preparation and strategies, our pilgrimage may be easier than we might first imagine.

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“Dave Rodney is the best keynote speaker we have ever booked! Each of us was on the edge of our seats during his presentation: Dave’s stories, slides & video brought his adventure to life in a way I might never have imagined: the impact & emotion actually made me feel as if I had been to the top of the world! Thank you, Dave, for sharing special moments in your life with us, & relating them so well to our own personal & professional “Everyday Everests.”� � � � National Bottled Water Association

“Dave did a great job motivating our group outlining his recent ascent of Mt. Everest. We found his presentation not only interesting, but also very exhilarating. Dave used a combination of slides, video and music to share with us one of the most grueling and physically challenging experiences the body and soul can endure.”� � � � � DuPont

“From a corporate standpoint, all of us face trials similar to what David faced in getting up the mountain: we deal with administrative, team, and other business challenges we daily. All of us difficulties all of the time; and if we can learn from David’s strategizing, we will be successful-just as David was!” � � IBM

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