Lene Gammelgaard
est-Selling Author Leadership Trainer & Danish Adventurer; 35th Woman to Summit Everest

When Tom Whittaker became the first person with a handicap to climb Mount Everest as an amputee, he upended conventional opinion. Although Tom Whittaker's life had been completely transformed, his adventures had just begun. Whittaker created history and astonished the world 19 years later when he became the first climber with a disability to summit Mount Everest.
Tom Whittaker is a teacher, and specialist in human success, and has 35 years of expertise in teamwork, leadership, and motivation training. He completed doctoral studies at Colorado State University's School of Human Resources and holds two master's degrees from Idaho State University's College of Education.
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est-Selling Author Leadership Trainer & Danish Adventurer; 35th Woman to Summit Everest
Physician-Scientist; Titanic and Ocean Explorer; Author of \"Aliens of the Deep\" and \"Breathing Underwater: The Quest to Live in the Sea\"
Mountaineer and Star of the IMAX film "Everest".
Founder of K2 Adventure Travel Mountaineer Motivational Speaker & Disability Advocate
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