Alex Staniforth has achieved an awful lot in a short time. He is a record-breaking adventurer, an ultra-endurance athlete, founder a charity, an author, a motivational speaker and much more. 

He has faced into and overcome adversity on many occasions. At an early age he fought struggles with epilepsy, anxiety, his stammer, and bullying. After a life changing paragliding trip whilst on holiday in Turkey, his perspective on life changed. He set his goals high, extremely high indeed by setting out to climb Everest in 2014 and then again in 2015. However, two consecutive natural disasters prevented him from reaching his goals. The second of which left him stranded on the mountain for two days. 

Demonstrating immense resilience whilst tackling his own mental challenges, Alex continued his adventures closer to home. He wrote the first of his two book, Ice Fall, and then moved on to his record-breaking challenge of climbing the 100 UK county tops and won the Pride of Britain Fundraiser of the year. 

Alex co-founded the charity Mind over Mountains, a mental health charity to help other people to improve their own wellbeing through outdoor experiences. As you will hear, Alex is incredibly open about his own challenges, and is a huge inspiration to people of any age and background

 

Resources:

Mind Over Mountains: https://mindovermountains.org.uk/. 

Alex Staniforth website:  https://alexstaniforth.com/. 

Alex Staniforth books:  https://alexstaniforth.com/books/.

Alex Staniforth on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexstaniforth/. 

Acorns Children’s Hospice Business Club: https://www.acorns.org.uk/acorns-business-club/.