Alan Hobson is an international bestselling author of half a dozen books, a former nine-time All-American gymnast, marathon runner, hang glider pilot, white water kayaker, cold water scuba diver, parachutist, and journalist. Not only is Alan an Everest climber and a cancer survivor but an inspirational figure and has appeared on television shows such as Oprah.

As one of today's most influential role models for women and girls, Ann Bancroft became the first women in history to sale and ski across Antarctica's landmass. She has been named by Glamour Magazine, "Women of the Year" and founded the Ann Bancroft Foundation which celebrates potential achievements of women and girls.

Araceli Segarra is a lecture speaker, Physiotherapist, climber, model, TV and radio speaker and mountaineer. In her motivational conferences, she refers to the experience she lived during the shooting Everest, the IMAX documentary film, (when the worst tragedy in the history of Everest occurred) as a metaphor to reflect on different aspects of human nature, which expresses itself to the limit under these conditions.

"Man vs. Wild" star, Bear Gyrlls at the age of 23 was the youngest British climber to have successfully climbed Everest and returned alive. A Lieutenant Commander in the UK's Royal Naval Reserve, Bear's story is about achievement and commitment to success under the most arduous conditions.

One of the world's premier high-altitude mountaineers, Ed Viesturs is the first American and 12th person overall to summit all fourteen mountains over 8000 meters and the sixth climber to do it without bottled oxygen. He has also summated Mount Everest six times.

For over 30 years John Amatt led expeditions to remote regions of Northern Norway, Peru, Nepal, China, Greenland and has explored areas of Arctic Canada. He was a leader of a team that suffered four deaths in an effort to summit Everest. John established One Step Beyond World Wide and is on a mission to encourage people to push beyond their self-imposed limitations. His latest book is Straight To The Top And Beyond .

Author of White Limbo, the story of the first Australian team to climb Mount Everest, Lincoln Hall was part of Australia's first attempt to climb to the top of Mount Everest in 1984. While others in the team made it to the top, Hall was forced to turn back close to the summit due to illness. However, he reached the summit on another expedition in 2006.

Peter Hillary has been to the summit of Mt Everest twice in his life, the second time as part of a National Geographic documentary and in honor of his father's ascent almost 50 years earlier. Besides being the first father and son to climb Everest, the Hillarys trekked to the South Pole together in 1999. These are just two highlights of his extraordinarily adventurous life.