Maria Conceicao Summits K2
Everyone at Scamp Speakers would like to congratulate Maria Conceicao on becoming the first Portuguese Woman to conquer K2.
Part of a 9-member expedition team, Maria summited the world’s second highest peak on Sunday 28th July 2024. The achievement makes the Maria the first Portuguese Woman to summit two peaks above 8000 metres having already climbed Mount Everest.
About Maria
Born into poverty, Maria began cleaning toilets. No one would have expected that she would ever rise beyond an early marriage and a life of grueling manual labor. Through sheer force of character, however, she became an elite flight attendant who traveled the world in luxury. Most would have accepted this as a satisfying definition of success, but Maria hadn’t even begun. Her purpose became clear the day she witnessed unspeakable poverty in the slums of Bangladesh, and she vowed to do something, anything, to lift the children she saw living there out of crushing, hopeless circumstances.
Through a series of challenges designed to raise money for these children’s educations, she overcame staggering odds. Never an athlete, she trekked to the North Pole and the South Pole. With no background in mountaineering, she trained for the arduous physical task of climbing Mt. Everest. With incredible endurance and sense of purpose, she learned to swim so she could cross the English Channel, raise money, continue her philanthropic work and work toward her goal: to help transform the lives of others less fortunate.
Speaking Work
As a speaker Maria Conceicao’s story gives incredible examples of innovation, leadership, and agility to keep her project going, to keep her promise to those slum children. A never give up attitude and strength to constantly re-invent herself and her strategy, Maria believes that you can always find a path to success.
Maria Conceicao offers her audience practical advice on what it takes to turn dreams into reality, how to stop your mind from playing tricks on you, how to overcome fear and how to get things done. She encourages people to pursue their own goals and dreams, to aim higher and to achieve more in life for themselves and others.
For more information on Maria please contact us on 020 8854 7247 or email enquiries@scampspeakers.co.uk
** Photo courtesy of (Instagram/@mariatrugrit)