This June we’ve celebrated National Aquarium Month and LGBTQ+ Pride, but it’s also currently National Great Outdoors Month in the United States! Whether you’re an armchair traveler who prefers to hear about other people’s adventures or an avid explorer looking to pick up some tips and insights from veteran mountaineers and polar expedition leaders, one of our top adventure speakers can excite and entertain as well as often impart insights that can be applied to life and business at large.

Top leadership and adventure speaker Robyn Benincasa is a retired firefighter, CNN Hero and Adventure Racing World Champion who has criss-crossed the globe and gives over 100 speaking engagements per year, specializing in fostering teamwork and extreme performance.

Colin O’Brady is a world-record holding explorer who has overcome impossible odds to become a triathlete, Yale graduate, and sought-after motivational keynote speaker. Having climbed the Seven Summits and crossed Antarctica solo, he is one of America’s most experienced and renowned endurance athletes. 

Extreme adventurer Jamie Clarke is a motivational speaker, mountain climber and performance coach who applies the lessons he’s learned on Everest and the Seven Summits to the workplace. A bestselling author and global media sensation, he embodies resilience and peak performance.

Top leadership speaker and adventurer Jeff Evans is a world-class mountaineer and emergency medic with over 25 years of experience in communications, servant leadership and teamwork. As a physician assistant who has served on the front lines in Iraq leading a team of medical specialists, he has mastered the skills of servant leadership, communication, and teamwork.

Susan Ershler is a history making mountain climber who has conquered Everest, and the rest of the Seven Summits, alongside her husband, making her half of the first couple to ever do so. A leadership expert and corporate executive, she has unique insight into both competing in a high stakes business environment and surviving life or death conditions at great heights.

Photographer, film-maker and adventurer Jimmy Chin is renowned for his ability to capture incredible images in high-risk environments. A mountain sport athlete, he has been active since 1999, and has garnered numerous awards and accolades throughout his long career.

Leadership speaker and adventurer Ranulph Fiennes has been awarded the title of “World’s Greatest Living Explorer” by the Guinness Book of World Records. The first person in the world to reach both Poles, he has uncovered lost settlements, climbed Everest three times, and led an expedition along the White Nile.

National Geographic Explorer and keynote speaker Chris Bashinelli has traveled to over 40 countries on his quest to create a global culture of human connection. Mentored by Jane Goodall, he has lived as a nomad in Mongolia, worked with suicide prevention activists in Pine Ridge and Sumo wrestled the heaviest Japanese human being in recorded history.

Albert Yu-Min Lin is a research scientist, explorer and storyteller who brings game-based learning to K-12 students. Devoted to merging adventure with innovation, his adventures have included searching for the tomb of Genghis Khan, remapping the jungles of Guatemala and the deserts of Jordan, and working with roboticists to develop tech for aerial and underwater exploration. 

Felicity Aston is a scientist, author, motivational speaker and Outside Magazine’s 2012 Adventurer of the Year. The first (and still only) woman to ski across Antarctica alone, she is a trained physics and meteorologist who has led several expeditions in Serbia, Iceland and Greenland.

Looking to help your team expand their horizons and become more adventurous? Reach out to us at info@bigspeak.com to bring a top adventure speaker to your next engagement.