Summit of Success: Cutting edge business concepts, while delivering established organizational messages & goals
Program Titles
- Charlie Wittmack – adventurer, storyteller, attorney
- STORIES FROM THE WORLD TRIATHLON
- Adversity leads to personal growth: Charlie Wittmack
Charlie Wittmack, JD, is a world-class explorer and attorney who has organized significant expeditions for many years. As an adventurer, Charlie is perhaps best known for surviving a remarkable ascent of Mt. Everest after making two back-to-back summit attempts without food or water during some of the worst weather in the mountain’s recorded history.
In addition to standing atop peaks during dozens of expeditions to the Andes, Alps, Africa, Alaska, and the Himalayas, Charlie has trekked across East Africa with the Maasai, sailed the Indian Ocean in a handmade boat, and traveled 5,400 miles across the United States on a bicycle.
Charlie is also an accomplished open-water swimmer, having completed numerous marathon swims worldwide, including an attempt to swim the English Channel.
Charlie works with companies across the United States to address various unique “Everest” challenges.
Whether your company is managing change, launching a new sales program, developing team effectiveness, implementing a training program, or celebrating a significant achievement.
Charlie is a practicing attorney and trial lawyer. Charlie serves clients ranging in size from large multinational corporations to individually owned start-ups, assisting them with transitions through various challenges, ranging from complex litigation matters to mergers and acquisitions.
Charlie draws on his experiences as an attorney while working directly with companies to customize his presentation to their needs insightfully and professionally.
Charlie’s Summit of Success develops employee potential and increases productivity. During his talks, Charlie uses adventure stories and incredible images to inspire, motivate, and provide context for cutting-edge business concepts while delivering established organizational messages and goals.
Certified Continuing Education Provider.
Charlie has been approved to provide continuing education seminars for the following professional designations: (i) medical doctor, (ii) nurse practitioner, (iii) registered nurse, (iv) licensed practicing nurse, and (v) certified project manager.
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Wittmack was embarking on the world’s longest triathlon with a destination halfway around the world at the summit of Mount Everest. As he pushed off the muddy riverbank in rural England, the BBC called The World Tri “the toughest human endurance event ever conceived.”
The struggles Wittmack faced were immense. He endured amoebic dysentery and pulmonary and cerebral edema and was hit by a car while cycling across Kazakhstan.
However, ten months after setting out, Wittmack climbed Everest’s summit, becoming an international phenomenon and “changing the world of endurance sports forever” (ESPN). “Committed to the Core” is a keynote presentation developed by Charlie Wittmack based on his experiences during The World Tri.
Major corporations and organizations use the keynote to motivate and inspire audience members who are being challenged to reach higher performance levels. Wittmack maximizes the client’s return on investment by customizing his presentation to each audience through a highly collaborative process with
STORIES FROM THE WORLD TRIATHLON
American adventurer Charlie Wittmack stepped into the shallow waters at the source of the River Thames and started to swim.
Industry examples.
Wittmack uses adventure stories to inspire and motivate while providing context for the host’s strategies and delivering organizational goals to program participants through a fun “low friction” approach. The result is a keynote that educates and inspires while providing a consistent organizational message to every participant.
SWIM
251 miles
The World Tri began with a 251-mile swim from the head of the River Thames in rural England to the North Sea and then across the English Channel to France. This was only the second time in history that the length of the Thames had been successfully swum and the first and only time the Thames swim was connected to the English Channel and France.
BIKE
8,000 miles
The expedition continued with a bicycle ride across France, Belgium, Germany, the Czech Republic, Poland, Ukraine, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, China, Tibet, and Nepal. The route spanned the Kazakh and Taklamakan Deserts, reached elevations of more than 18,000 feet, and crossed the Himalayas twice.
RUN / CLIMB
450 miles
The challenge ended with a 450-mile run from Kathmandu, Nepal, through the Himalayan foothills and onto the summit of Mount Everest. The route
followed the original path that was pioneered by Sir Edmund Hillary and his team more than sixty years
Each host draws on a specific company and industry examples. Wittmack uses adventure stories to inspire and motivate while providing context for the
strategies and delivering organizational goals to program participants through a fun approach. The result is a keynote that educates and inspires while delivering a consistent organizational message to your audience.
Charlie Wittmack is an internationally renowned and award-winning explorer organizing significant expeditions for over two decades.
Charlie is best known for being the first person in history to complete the World Triathlon – an 8,000-mile triathlon stretching from the Thames in England to the Himalayas of Nepal. He has stood on Mount Everest’s summit twice, swam the English Channel, and is the only American to have done both. In addition to standing atop peaks during dozens of expeditions to the Andes, Alps, Africa, Alaska, and the Himalayas, Charlie has trekked across East Africa with the Maasai tribesmen, sailed the Indian Ocean in a handmade boat, and completed numerous marathon swims around the world.
Charlie structures each of his expeditions to benefit the greater good through partnerships with organizations including the American Cancer
Society and Save The Children often utilize unconventional tactics. For example, Wittmack solved the Rubik’s Cube on the summit
of Mount Everest to raise money for a maternal health program in Nepal. Wittmack has received numerous awards and recognition for his
humanitarian work, including an Executive Proclamation by the Secretary of State.
When not exploring, Wittmack is a practicing attorney and an adjunct professor in the Department of Global Health University
and Clinics.
He has published numerous articles about his adventures and contributed to two University-level textbooks on business management
and leadership.
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