Jake Meyer
Mountaineer, Presenter and Public Speaker

When Jake was just fourteen years old he set himself the challenge of becoming the youngest person to climb the 7 Summits; the highest mountain on each continent. On the 4th June 2005 he achieved his dream, standing on top of Everest; he became the youngest Briton at just 21 to conquer the world’s highest peak via the difficult North Col route as well as the youngest man in the world to complete the 7 Summits, breaking several climbing records on the way. On Tuesday 1st August 2006, Jake Meyer and his team of six, young British adventurers smashed the existing World Record for climbing the 48 highest peaks of Continental USA in the shortest time possible. Continuing on this theme, in 2009 Jake will attempt to climb the highest mountain in every European country in the fastest time.

Jake is presently attempting to climb K2 - the world's second highest mountain. At 8,611m (28,251ft) is 239m lower than Everest, but presents a much more significant climbing challenge. Nearly 4000 people have summited Everest: only 302 have climbed K2. At least 77 have died on K2's slopes, giving her a 1 in 4 ratio of deaths to summits. This truly is the mountaineer's mountain.

Jake has a degree in Environmental Science from Bristol University.  He is enjoying involving his academic interests with his passion for climbing around the world, especially in Venezuela where he became fascinated with the people, the landscape and the wildlife. Studying the environment has been a natural progression after seeing some of the most beautiful and fragile parts of the earth at such a young age. Jake has always been aware of man’s effect on nature having been brought up on an organic farm.

Jake was an Army Scholar and has served four years in the Officer Training Corps (UOTC) at Bristol, and completed his training at RMA Sandhurst as a TA officer in March 2008. This has provided Jake with an excellent range of skills ranging from leadership to teambuilding as well as the obvious survival and combat areas. Jake has a real passion for action and adventure he has shown the ability to organise from an early age; to plan and start his five year mission at the age of fourteen is quite remarkable.

Born on 20th January 1984 in central London, he was educated at Marlborough College and began climbing at 13. Aged 15, he watched the dawn of the new millennium with his father, from his first summit, Kilimanjaro. At 18, he climbed Mount Elbrus in Southern Russia, Europe's highest peak. In 2002, he was awarded a Winston Churchill Memorial Trust travelling fellowship to climb Denali, Aconcagua and Kosciusko, the highest peaks in North and South America and Australia respectively. Jake is an Ambassador for the Duke of Edinburgh Awards Scheme and has presented Gold Awards at Buckingham Palace. Jake brings his youth and vigour to speaking; his confident and natural style has held the interest of even the toughest business audience. He has been a regular speaker at events like The Times Destinations, Olympia and Birmingham NEC, regular after dinner speaking on board P&O cruise ships, as well as the keynote speaker for senior management events for Royal Bank of Scotland and Deloitte.

Everest
Ascended from the Tibetan side, via the North Col-North East Ridge route. The climb started on April 2, 2005, reaching the summit on June 4, 2005 around 0050hrs. He was accompanied by: Diahanne (Di) Gilbert - leader, Mingma Nuru Sherpa and Anil Bhattarai.
Jake’s climb was in aid of the Children’s Wish Foundation.

The Summits
•    Aged 15 – Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania (Africa)
•    Aged 18 – Mount Elbrus, Russia(Europe)
•    Aged 18 – Mount Aconcagua, Argentina (South America) (world record)
•    Aged 19 – Mount Denali, Alaska (North America) (British record)
•    Aged 19 – Mount Kosciusko, Australia
•    Aged 19 – Mount Vinson, Antarctica (world record)
•    Aged 21 - Mount Everest, Nepal (Asia) (world/British record)

Other notable expeditions
•    2006 – Highest peak in every state in the USA (world record)
•    2007 – Highest peaks in Venezuela and Ecuador
•    2008 – Fastest ascent of the highest point in every county in England (British record)
•    2008 – First ascents of virgin peaks and routes in Kyrgyzstan
On top of these expeditions, Jake climbs regularly around the UK and Europe (especially the Alps) as training for his larger expeditions.

Testimonials

“Just to say that Jake was a delight - lovely young man and was a big hit with the audience.  We will work with him again”.
Sharon Poole, Deirector of Meetings and Events, Athena Medical

“What was great about Jake was his ability to motivate and enthuse the audience in Moscow. We had excellent feedback, everyone thought Jake was excellent. He is able to deliver his message with drive, energy, passion, dedication and with a joke. He is a perfect fit with our young and ambitious professionals. The synergy was really there, and the audience was really energized by his presentation. Excellent work and a great story. Absolutely to be recommended and Jake clearly has a great future ahead of him”.
Gerard Uijtendaal, managing Partner Financial Advisory Service, Deloitte & Touche CIS

“We received really positive feedback from delegates who heard Jake’s motivational presentation. They found Jake very engaging and a motivating start to the day. The visuals were great and we give him full marks for both content and delivery”.
Eloise Spearmen, Hobsons

“10 out of 10. Jake linked well into the theme of our conference and was happy to tailor his talk to fit perfectly with our brief – he had an interesting story and was very engaging. Jake was confident with a great manner and good presentation skills. We will definitely be using him again.”
Steve Daniels, Head of HR, Royal Bank of Scotland

"As special guest at the ceremony Jake Meyer gave a highly inspirational and relevant speech, presented in an articulate and engaging manner. Throughout the ceremony, we were all hugely impressed with Jake’s enthusiasm, warmth and genuine interest in the young people involved, and we would not hesitate in recommending him for similar events."
Devon County Council

“I just wanted to write and let you know that we had a fantastic time with Jake. On the Evening of Celebration he was just superb- an amazingly talented, inspirational and enthusiastic speaker- as well as an all round chap!"
Graham Goldup, Head of Geography, Cardinal Newman School, Brighton

“What a triumph the Geographical Association evening was – we cannot thank you enough for coming. The feedback from students, parents and staff alike has been so enthusiastic. You are a fabulous speaker – your talk was inspirational, touching, funny and truly Geographical. We are going to have a hard time matching this keynote next year.”
Alison Doggett, Head of Geography Dept. Berkhamstead Collegiate School, Hertz

“Jake was first class. Could not recommend him highly enough. Jake was a truly inspirational speaker – he kept an audience of 11-18 year old girls spellbound for an hour. He was energetic, enthusiastic and fun, but also sensitive to the concerns of the younger members of the audience. One of our best speakers ever.”
Clare Reseigh,  Head of  Sixth Form, St. Gabriels Indepedent Girls School, Newbury                         
 
"Excellent. Animated, exciting, humorous speaker. Passengers adored him."
Suzanne Smith, Entertainment Planning Executive, P&O Cruises

 “The queue to see Jake speak went right round the whole exhibition hall; he was one of the most popular speakers this year at both Olympia and Birmingham NEC.”
Clarion Events, Organiesers of Destinations Show

“Jake was wonderful, we’ve immediately booked him again.”
The Whitgift Foundation

“Finding new speakers each year for our Awards, who really inspire is difficult, this year it was easy; Jake was superb and a real hit with parents and pupils”.
Microsoft Ardingley College, Haywards Heath, West Sussex

“Jake was superb, speaking to an audience that comprised of 150 children aged between 10 to 14, parents and staff which can be quite tricky! He did a great job”
Pinewood School, Wiltshire

“Once again, Jake was just fantastic –a return visit that was, from our point of view, brilliant and well worth it. He really is such a great guy and a real natural with the kids -Thank you!”
Lesley Walters, Sandown High School

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