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Hazel Findlay
Transform team resilience with Hazel Findlay, speaker and mental performance expert. Hazel works with organisations to develop psychological strategies, overcome limitations, and enhance decision-making under pressure, delivering insights from her pioneering achievements in professional climbing.


Hazel Findlay is a pioneering professional climber whose mental resilience techniques and boundary-breaking achievements have established her as a leading voice in performance psychology and personal development.
With an impressive climbing career spanning over two decades, Hazel was the first British woman to free climb El Capitan in Yosemite—a feat she has accomplished four times—and to conquer a trad route at E9. Her remarkable technical accomplishments include red-pointing 8c, on-sighting numerous 8as, and climbing 8c+ trad (E11).
Through her speaking engagements, Hazel translates the psychological challenges of extreme climbing into practical strategies for professional growth. Her unique perspective helps organisations build resilient teams capable of navigating high-pressure situations, overcoming perceived limitations, and maintaining focus during critical decision-making moments.
Audiences leave Hazel's presentations with concrete tools for developing sustainable motivation practices, actionable frameworks for managing fear and uncertainty, and proven methods for building the mental habits essential for peak performance in challenging environments.
Book Hazel to give your team the psychological edge needed to transform obstacles into opportunities and reach their full potential in today's demanding business landscape.
Hazel Findlay, pioneering professional climber and mental resilience expert, translates her extraordinary achievements—including being the first British woman to free climb El Capitan four times—into powerful strategies that help teams navigate pressure, overcome limitations, and make critical decisions with clarity. Book Hazel today to give your organisation the psychological edge needed to transform obstacles into opportunities and reach full potential in today's demanding business landscape.
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Hazel Findlay draws on her climbing career to translate the psychological demands of extreme ascents into frameworks for professional performance, covering fear management, sustainable motivation, and decision-making under pressure.
Hazel Findlay speaks on mental resilience, high performance under pressure, fear management, goal setting, and growth mindset. She was the first British woman to free climb El Capitan in Yosemite, a feat she has accomplished four times, and the first to climb a trad route at E9.
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