Eric Alexander

Renowned Mountaineer, accomplished speaker, and celebrated author, Eric Alexander has been a pioneer and advocate for people with disabilities. Most notably Eric stood atop mount Everest leading his blind friend, Erik Weihenmayer to a successful summit of the world’s tallest peak, and was called Erik’s guardian angel for safely guiding his descent from the summit. This multi-record setting team has been called, by Time magazine, the greatest team in history to climb Everest, and this ascent ranked among it’s top 5 climbs ever by Outside magazine.

Climbing some of the world’s highest and most daunting peaks with people who have disabilities has set Eric’s climbing career apart and given him unique and innovative insights into the essence of leadership and teamwork. As a faithful team-mate, and as a leader of world class teams and expeditions around the globe, Eric captivates audiences worldwide through his engaging story telling, drawing his audience into these experiences, with emotion, laughter, truth and vulnerability in ways that will leave a lasting imprint on their lives.

Whether it’s business or personal, we live in a world of uncertainty where fear and doubt can get the best of us. Eric has pushed through his own fears and doubts having come back from near fatal falls, pulmonary edema, pneumonia, and tragic losses, to learn that it is not all about “my” summit, but about helping others to reach theirs. It is this principle, on which Eric speaks, that will help your team get to the top.

2024 gave Eric a chance to apply these lessons learned from working with people with disabilities. While descending a steep canyon road in Colorado, the front tire of Eric’s front tire unexpectedly and suddenly detached from his front wheel with explosive force at 30 mph sending Eric to the pavement sliding for the guardrail. The impact was so severe that Eric’s pelvis was, as his surgeon described, “shattered into more pieces than I could count.” With a broken clavicle and impact to the head Eric was flown to Denver for 10 hours of lifesaving surgery after days with 40 lbs of traction - a hospital record of 40 lbs. One year later the comeback was initiated with an extreme ski descent of Mt. Holy Cross and a century bike ride.

When engaging an audience Eric likes to share his “recipe” for success speaking of the fundamentals of team spirit (because it is more than just work), trust, courage, faith and integrity. Today, Eric continues to climb and look for new challenges both personally and in the outdoors while challenging people to overcome the “Everests” in their own lives redefining the limits of what we can achieve.