Bonita Norris
We’ll kick off the 2025 event with an inspiring keynote from one of the UK’s leading adventurers, Bonita Norris.
In 2010, Bonita became the youngest British woman to summit Mount Everest – and did so without any previous climbing experience.
Bonita was inspired to get climbing after a university lecture. Despite having never climbed before and being in the middle of her Media Arts degree, Bonita didn’t let this deter her and set about training and raising the funds for her newfound dream. On the 17 May 2010, at the age of just 22, she then took her record-breaking step at the top of Everest.
Two years later she became the first British woman to reach the summit of Mt. Lhotse and she’s also skied to the North Pole, led charity teams and climbed five Himalayan peaks.
Previous keynote speakers have included Sean Conway, Alex Danson MBE, Baroness Tani Grey-Thompson, Chrissie Wellington OBE, Lowri Morgan and Chris Lewis.
