EVERESTMAX - The World’s Longest Climb
5000 mile cycle from the Dead Sea to
summit
Mt Everest
Enjoy your journey!
A Speaker who shares an upbeat mental tool kit for the good, the bad and the ugly !
ABOUT PAULINE
PAULINE’S VARIED, COLOURFUL ADVENTURES AND CAREERS enhance her ability to relate to a wide variety of people. As a speaker, she is able to use real life to share top tips she has learnt along the way.
“Everything is as important as you choose to make it”
— Pauline Sanderson
LONDON BARRISTER
6 YEARS
Six years working as a barrister in London was way more fun than it sounds.
Pauline went on a team building week and was so inspired by the outdoors and the positive results that came with the experience; she decided to have a career change.
OUTDOOR INSTRUCTOR
1 YEAR
It took one year of living, training and working in Wales for Pauline to become an outdoor instructor. It was a fabulous year and ended with the decision to take it one step further and spend the last of her savings going to Nepal to see if she could become an expedition leader for tour companies.
COMPANY DIRECTOR
4 YEARS
After 2 months of climbing mountains and kayaking the rivers in Nepal, Pauline was lucky enough to meet Gerry Moffat and Mahendra Thapa of Equator Expeditions. They ran a rafting company and after some discussion Pauline agreed to come back and join their office team in Kathmandu. Things developed and the next season saw the company expand to trekking, mountaineering and travel. The success of the partnership continued for four years. Pauline lived and worked with Mahendra and his family and learnt lessons and had experiences that will stay with her for the rest of her life. It is great being the boss…………..when it is going well!
After four years, love and marriage to Phil, brought Pauline back to the UK, where she worked with a team building company in the Lake District.
DEVELOPMENT TRAINING
5 YEARS
Pauline joined the sales team and would often get involved in the delivery of the events too. This is where Pauline became really interested in the mental tool kits available for individuals and teams. It was also where she fell in love properly with the Lake District.
MARKETING
5 YEARS
Pauline worked for 5 years at Glenmore Lodge, Scotland’s National Outdoor Training CentreIt was a superb environment to work in and flexible enough to allow her and her husband to go off for months at a time on various expeditions and adventures. One of them was EVERESTMAX.
SPEAKER
Pauline is currently living in the Lake District. When she is not motivating and inspiring delegates all around Europe, she is off with her husband having adventures in the hills and cafes of the World!
“Mistakes only count if you don’t
learn from them”
IYH - In Your Hands Charity was started after the devastating earthquake in Nepal in 2015.
Pauline is co-founder of IYH and Operations Manager.
The Charity supports 5 rural schools with teacher training and has run womens health projects in each community.
IYH are currently sponsoring two ladies from challenging backgrounds on a 2 year Outdoor Leadership Program.
Pauline lived and worked in Nepal for over 4 years and this is a way to help a country and people that gave her so much.
FOOTSTEPS 55 EXPEDITION 2024
In the footsteps of the first female expedition to the Himalayas in 1955 by 3 amazing Scottish climbers, Pauline and a team of female mountaineering friends followed in their footsteps 69 years later in 2024. This area did not have another mountaineering expedition until 2019 and remains remote and as yet undeveloped. The area is the Jugal Mountains in Nepal.
The goal was to summit a new peak, explore potential for ski touring and last but not least help to promote this area for trekkers and mountaineers with a focus on benefiting the local communities and promoting best environmental practice. It is a stunning part of the Himalayas. The surrounding communities will benefit directly from adventure tourism and all the benefits if investment that comes with it.
Our expedition was an amazing success. The first to explore the area on skis, no first ascent but we all came back with stronger friendships having made some serious decisions about safety and fulfilling a promise to explore ways to create positive adventure tourism for the Jugal municipality. SUCCESS!
We made a film which again will help to promote the area, the community needs and environmental best practice in the mountains.
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Grafika Design published my book, designed and support the IYH website and sell my book for the benefit of the charity. A great company! Thank you.
EVERESTMAX
The Story
The story itself is about a team of 7 completing the 5000 mile cycle ride from the Dead Sea in Jordan to Mt Everest, where we swapped bikes for climbing gear and summited the great mountain herself. We even got a Guiness World Record!
It is an unbelievably positive story about a journey through the Middle East and Asia by bike and on foot. It proves that human nature is overwhelmingly good and should not be judged by countries politics or religious leaders. We cycled through Jordan, Syria, Turkey, Iran, Pakistan, India, Nepal and Tibet. Rarely a day went by when we were not uplifted by unconditional generosity, kindness and humour. Mt Everest did not disappoint in terms of comradely and positive mountain spirit either. I love our world and that is why I love sharing this story. Let’s celebrate the good and the great.
The presentation is a mixture of videos, photos and anecdotes. I want to share the lessons from this journey. As a team we thrived through adversity just as much as opportunity. As an individual I reflect on everything from getting to the start line to sharing the joy and pain along the way. I don’t have all the answers but I believe each person is responsible for themselves and how they effect those around them. Project what you want to see from others. Life is a mirror. Enjoy the journey and the goal is inevitably more achievable.
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TESTIMONIALS
I can wholeheartedly reccommend Pauline Sanderson to speak anywhere! She delivered a superb job at our recent AGM. Her adroit approach means she can take the whole room on her brilliant adventure whilst keeping the kernal of her inspirational drive pertinent to an audience. An absolute joy!
Sarah Cawkwell
Commercial Director
Renscene Ltd
Pauline Sanderson is one of those rare personalities in life to whom you warm instantly. Gutsy, self-effacing, hugely positive (without being overbearing) and highly intelligent (without a hint of her telling you so), Pauline has a wonderful story to tell, which she does in truly inspiring fashion. I was engrossed in the whole experience of her Presentation, which she brought alive with passionate delivery but quintessential modesty. I found it very easy to draw parallels from Pauline’s own experiences to those endured by the organisation within which I work. If there are those in management or leadership positions out there who are wondering whether to have Pauline present or not, my wholesale recommendation is to go for it – you will not be disappointed.
Andy Hine
Royal Air Force Station Commander
Pauline Sanderson is a remarkably accomplished woman, full of energy and highly entertaining. Her inspirational presentation to Balfour Beatty hit the mark perfectly!”
Kirsten Sadler
Business Development Manager for Balfour Beatty Construction
