Bonita Norris is a highly experienced and professional speaker with over 8 years experience delivering conference keynotes, after dinner speeches and awards presentations to clients in the U.K and internationally.
Her inspiring story of going from novice climber to standing on top of Mt Everest in only two years speaks to the hearts and minds of every audience member.
Bonita has climbed the world’s highest mountains, including Mt Everest, and skied to the North pole. In 2016 she made an attempt on K2 in Pakistan and in 2017 published her first book The Girl Who Climbed Everest. She has broken mountaineering records, and in 2012 became the third British woman to ever climb the world’s 4th highest peak, Mt Lhotse; considered a technically more difficult climb than Everest.
Accompanied by stunning photographs from her expeditions to the Himalayas, Bonita’s talk is heart-warming, humorous and inspiring. She tells of the lessons she learnt as an ordinary girl taking on an extraordinary challenge. Her messages of trusting marginal gains, learning to push past the point of giving up, and always asking one simple question can revolutionise how we approach the best and worst challenges in life.
Bonita’s recent clients include Bentley Motors, PWC, Veolia, Shell, Zurich, Roche, Ivanti, Robert Half Recruitment, Skipton Building Society, Right Move, Squire Patton Boggs, European Sponsorship Association, Marks & Spencer, Pitney Bowes and AOL.
One of the most inspirational speakers I have met.
Eloquent and modest she totally drew the listeners in. Some of us forgot where we were, we were so enthralled. Absolutely fantastic.
— R. Allen, Head of Resourcing, Thales
I have seen many speakers over the years and less than a handful have been able to capture an audience for an hour without anyone realising that time had passed. She was funny, articulate and somehow humble even given her achievements and whilst the word is used rather too much these days, she was genuinely inspirational.
— L Wingrove, TT&C
