Michael Groom

Michael Groom, professional speaker and mountain climber, is unquestionably one of the world’s greatest 'big' mountain climbers. In 1995 he became the fourth person in the world to climb the four highest mountains without the assistance of bottled oxygen. In 1999 he successfully climbed Makalu, the smallest and for Michael, the last of the 'big five' - the five highest mountains in the world. Makalu, Lhotse, Kangchenjunga, K2 and Everest - Michael climbed them all without the assistance of bottled oxygen, and all but Kangchenjunga he climbed without the front third of both feet.
Michael Groom has now lowered his sights in mountaineering and has become a sought after motivational keynote speaker. He has spoken to soldiers going off to war, athletes struggling to come back from serious injury, professional people keen to get a little closer to the truth of 'no pain, no gain', and ordinary folk who just love to sit and listen to one of Australia's most amazing human endeavour stories.
Michael survived an unfortunate accident that nearly crippled him and in 1993 he was able to achieve his childhood ambition of climbing Mt Everest. Since then he has gone on to climb the world's five highest mountains.
On Australia Day 2000 Michael received the Order of Australia Medal for his achievement in mountaineering.
Now, Michael Groom is one of Australia’s most popular keynote speakers and has been a professional speaker since 1991. He motivates soldiers going off to war zones, athletes struggling to come back from serious injury, professional people keen to get a little closer to the truth of ‘‘no pain no gain’’, and ordinary folk who just love to listen to one of Australia’s most amazing human endeavour stories.
His presentation, accompanied with impossibly beautiful visuals, is to see the earth in its most natural and rawest form - the way the earth was meant to be.

Speaker Topics Include:

The View from the Top
Gaining Strength From Overcoming Difficulties
Performing Under Pressure
Personal Motivation
Risk Management
Sheer Will