On October 5th, 1982, Laurie Skreslet became the first Canadian to summit Mount Everest.
Since then, Laurie has recognized the parallel between climbing the mountain and the challenges people face daily in the business community.
Bernard Voyer has given more than 500 inspirational presentations in English and French, in Canada, in the United States, in Europe and in Japan. To date he has met more than 175,000 businesspeople. He was also a guest speaker for the NASA astronauts, in Houston, Texas, in February 2005.
In 1986 Sharon Wood became the first North American woman to climb Mount Everest and the only woman to do so by a new route and without Sherpa assistance.
