Luis Benitez, Leadership Speaker and Adventurer

Brooks International presents Luis Benitez. http://www.brooksinternational.com . Luis Benitez stands among the world's foremost high altitude mountaineers. On May 21, 2007, Luis achieved his sixth summit of Mt. Everest. In 2004, Benitez claimed the world's (non-Sherpa) record for most consecutive summits of Everest: four in four years - - an amazing achievement, because in any given year, fewer than 20% of the hundreds of climbers who attempt Everest actually summit the mountain. (Since Sir Edmund Hillary's historic first summit in 1953, only about 10,000 people even attempted to climb the mountain. Of them, about 1400 individuals have succeeded in reaching the summit and more than 200 have died trying.) Over the last decade, as the ranks of high altitude mountaineering fill with capable amateur climbers pursuing their personal adventure dreams, Benitez has quietly emerged as one of the most experienced, respected and busiest professional guides and business consultants in the world, leading expeditions and seminars year-round to the tallest, most treacherous peaks on the planet. Guiding is a unique profession, one that requires equal measures of caution and courage. Diagnosed with severe asthma as an infant, Luis Benitez spent his entire childhood in the protective isolation of his home, shielded from the airborne allergens that might kill him. How he overcame his respiratory system's betrayal to become one of high altitude mountaineering's leading professionals is an inspiring story of survival, determination, commitment and discipline, as well as a huge leap of faith: incredibly, his exposure to high altitudes very thin air has helped Benitez meet asthma's persistent challenge. If there is any message that Luis likes to leave with people and groups he works with, it is this, never be afraid to go out and find your own Everest.

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