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Elite climber & resilience speaker

Emily Harrington

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Transform teams through resilience with Emily Harrington, speaker and elite climber. Emily works with organizations to master strategic risk-taking and breakthrough performance, delivering insights from her groundbreaking El Capitan achievements and five US National Championships.

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Five-time US National Sport Climbing Champion
First female ascent of multiple 5.14 sport routes
Featured in the Red Bull documentary, Girl Climber

Emily Harrington is one of the world's most accomplished professional climbers, combining elite competition success with groundbreaking outdoor achievements including the first female free climb of El Capitan's Golden Gate route in under 24 hours. As a five-time US National Champion and second-place finisher at the IFSC World Championships, Emily has successfully transitioned from competition climbing to pioneering expeditions. Her remarkable accomplishments include summiting Mount Everest, setting a speed record on Cho Oyu with a complete ski descent, and becoming only the fourth woman to free climb El Capitan in a day. Emily transforms extreme climbing experiences into practical business insights, helping organizations navigate challenges through lessons in resilience and strategic risk-taking. Her presentations demonstrate how calculated risk assessment, adaptability, and perseverance directly translate to breakthrough performance in professional environments facing uncertainty or significant change. Audiences leave Emily's talks with concrete strategies for reframing failure as essential feedback, practical approaches to breaking seemingly impossible goals into manageable steps, and techniques for maintaining focus under pressure. Her authentic storytelling resonates with diverse groups from TED stages to corporate boardrooms. Book Emily to inspire your team with real-world lessons from someone who consistently pushes boundaries while balancing elite performance with purposeful living.

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From El Capitan to Everest: Lessons in Risk and Resilience

Emily Harrington has spent her life testing the boundaries of human endurance, from world championship climbing walls to the vertical expanse of El Capitan and the summits of the highest mountains on earth. Emily reflects on the risks, failures and triumphs that shaped her journey, including her history-making ascent of Golden Gate. With honesty and humour, she shares how resilience, adaptability and perspective can transform daunting challenges into opportunities for growth and achievement.

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Emily Harrington transforms extreme climbing achievements into practical business insights, helping organizations navigate challenges through powerful lessons in resilience and strategic risk-taking. Book this five-time US National Champion and Everest summiteer to equip your team with concrete strategies for reframing failure, breaking down impossible goals, and maintaining focus under pressure.

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Whether you are an aspiring athlete, an entrepreneur, a CEO or simply someone looking to feel inspired, you will first be amazed at Emily Harrington's global achievements and then immediately motivated through her relatable storytelling of adventure, vulnerability, strength, passion, perseverance through failure and the lessons we can all use in our lives to be more in line with our purpose.

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TEDx

Emily paints a picture of trust, vulnerability, risk-taking, and curiosity. It is remarkable to hear her speak of experiences that are out of reach for so many but relatable for all.

SalesForce

Emily stands and delivers with real passion and humanity. When you hear her speak, you can tell it is coming from the heart. Her authenticity and humanity lend a depth to her message and leave you inspired. It is remarkable to see someone so physically strong be so vulnerable.

Global VP of Marketing, The North Face

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Emily’s delivery style is authentic and inspiring, blending compelling storytelling with actionable insights. She empowers audiences to embrace challenges, reframe setbacks, and apply resilience and adaptability in professional settings.

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