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3x Olympian | Cool Runnings Jamaican Bobsled Pioneer | Resilience & Teamwork Speaker
Araceli Segarra
First Spanish Woman to Summit Mount Everest | Star of the IMAX Film Everest | Mountaineer with 30+ Expeditions | Bestselling Author & Motivational Speaker
Araceli Segarra is a Spanish mountaineer, author, and a leading adventure speaker in the Spanish-speaking world. In 1996, she became the first Spanish woman to summit Mount Everest, an ascent she filmed for the IMAX movie Everest, and helped rescue survivors of its deadliest disaster. Across more than 30 expeditions, she has learned lessons on leadership, teamwork, and reaching your summit that she now shares worldwide.
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Araceli Segarra biography
Motivational speaker Araceli Segarra made history in 1996 as the first Spanish woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest, and she did it while filming one of the most famous mountaineering documentaries ever made. A mountaineer, author, illustrator, and communicator from Lleida, Catalonia, she has turned a life spent at the world’s extremes into a powerful, uplifting message about facing challenges, working as a team, and reaching the summits that matter most, whatever they may be.
Segarra’s Everest ascent was extraordinary in every sense. She reached the top as part of the team shooting the landmark IMAX film Everest, and during the expedition she became part of the rescue effort in the 1996 disaster, the deadliest in the mountain’s history, in which thirteen people lost their lives. It was Segarra who had the idea to paint an “X” in the snow with fruit juice to guide the rescue helicopter to the stranded climber Beck Weathers, a small act of ingenuity under unimaginable pressure.
Ni tan alto ni tan difícil: Lessons from the Mountain
Over a career spanning more than thirty expeditions, many of them opening new routes, Segarra became one of the most versatile climbers of her generation, at home on rock, ice, and the world’s highest peaks. She is the author of the bestselling memoir Ni tan alto ni tan difícil, her first-hand account of the 1996 tragedy, along with a series of illustrated children’s books, and has worked extensively in television and radio. She holds a degree in physiotherapy and a postgraduate qualification in the psychology of organizations.
As a speaker, Araceli Segarra is warm, vivid, and deeply engaging, using the ascent of Everest as a rich metaphor for the challenges of leadership, teamwork, and goal-setting in business and life. Her interactive keynotes, which she delivers fluently in Spanish, Catalan, English, and French, draw powerful, practical parallels between surviving the world’s highest mountain and thriving in a demanding professional world. Audiences, from schoolchildren to the boardrooms of major corporations, leave genuinely moved, and equipped to face their own mountains with courage and clarity.
Araceli Segarra Speaking Videos
Climbing as a metaphor of life: Araceli Segarra at TEDxBarcelonaWomen
Beyond Muscle: Why Diverse Teams Solve Hard Problems | Araceli Segarra x Shekhar Natarajan
Araceli Segarra Keynote Topics
Araceli Segarra uses her ascent of the world's highest mountain as a vivid, unforgettable metaphor for the challenges every organization faces. Drawing on her experience filming the IMAX Everest and surviving conditions few could imagine, she reveals the parallels between climbing Everest and the modern business world: how great teams are built, how trust and communication decide success or failure, and how leaders keep people moving toward a shared summit. A gripping, uplifting keynote packed with practical lessons.
How do you turn a seemingly impossible dream into reality? Segarra shares the mindset, preparation, and determination that took a young woman from Lleida to the roof of the world, and shows audiences how to break down any audacious goal into achievable steps. With honesty and humor, she explores motivation, perseverance, and the belief it takes to keep climbing when the summit feels out of reach. An inspiring message for anyone pursuing a big ambition.
Segarra was on Everest during the deadliest disaster in its history and became part of the rescue effort. In this powerful keynote, she takes audiences inside those moments, how to stay calm and think clearly when the stakes are life and death, how small decisions and simple ingenuity can change everything, and what the tragedy teaches us about risk, responsibility, and human nature. A moving, thought-provoking talk on decision-making in extreme conditions.
Across more than thirty expeditions, Araceli Segarra has faced fear, exhaustion, danger, and doubt, and kept going. In this inspiring keynote, she shares what she has learned about resilience: how to manage fear, adapt when plans fall apart, and find the strength to carry on through the hardest conditions on Earth. A heartfelt, motivating message for teams and individuals navigating their own difficult terrain.
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Why Araceli Segarra?
Booking Araceli Segarra brings audiences a genuine pioneer with an extraordinary, inspiring story and a rare gift for connecting it to everyday challenges. The first Spanish woman to summit Everest, star of the acclaimed IMAX film, and a rescuer in the mountain's deadliest disaster, she turns her experiences into vivid, practical lessons on leadership, teamwork, decision-making, and resilience. Warm, engaging, and highly interactive, she has earned standing ovations from audiences ranging from schoolchildren to the boards of major corporations. A major asset for international events, she delivers her keynotes fluently in Spanish, Catalan, English, and French. She is ideal for events on motivation, leadership, teamwork, resilience, and women's empowerment. To bring Araceli Segarra to your next event, contact Aurum Speakers Bureau.
Who is Araceli Segarra?
Araceli Segarra is a Spanish mountaineer, author, illustrator, and motivational speaker from Lleida, Catalonia, best known as the first Spanish woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest, in 1996. She achieved the feat while filming the acclaimed IMAX documentary Everest, and during the expedition took part in the rescue effort during the 1996 disaster, the deadliest in the mountain's history. Over her career she has completed more than 30 expeditions, some opening new routes, and become one of Spain's most versatile climbers. She is the author of the bestselling memoir Ni tan alto ni tan difícil and a series of children's books, has worked widely in television and radio, and delivers keynotes in four languages.
Was Araceli Segarra in the IMAX film Everest, and what happened in 1996?
Yes. Araceli Segarra reached the summit of Everest in 1996 as a member of the team filming the landmark IMAX documentary Everest, which captured her historic ascent. That same season, the mountain saw its deadliest disaster to date, when a storm caught several climbers descending, and thirteen people lost their lives. Segarra's IMAX team became part of the rescue effort, and it was Segarra who had the idea to paint an "X" in the snow using fruit juice to show the Nepalese army helicopter where to land to rescue the stranded climber Beck Weathers. Her first-hand account of the events is told in her bestselling book Ni tan alto ni tan difícil.
What topics does motivational speaker Araceli Segarra cover?
Araceli Segarra speaks on leadership and teamwork under extreme conditions, setting and achieving ambitious goals, decision-making under pressure, and resilience and the human spirit. Using Everest as a metaphor, her keynotes suit events on motivation, leadership, teamwork, resilience, and women's empowerment, and she can present in Spanish, Catalan, English, or French. To book Araceli Segarra as a speaker, contact Aurum Speakers Bureau.
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