On May 23, 2008, Ian Taylor became the youngest Irishman to stand on the top of the world. In June 2007 Ian and his friend set out to climb four mountains on four continents in one year with Mount Everest being the final climb. Before June 2007, he had only climbed one mountain over 5,000m. Ian also took on a charity element, raising €70,000 to build the Mt. Everest primary school in Uganda with Irish charity Fields of Life. Now based in the US and Ireland, Ian has years of experience of managing teams in a business environment. He also leads and trains teams for mountain expeditions around the world and has done so with great success. Ian has climbed Kilimanjaro 17 times now, aiming for 50 summits, he has lead hundreds of people to reach their goals in the mountains. A team Ian lead to Kilimanjaro in September 2011, released a book about their journey

Ian Taylor

Became the Youngest Irishman to Summit Everest

Ian Taylor is an international Everest speaker, speaking about Vision, passion and determination. After being told he was not good enough and that he would never climb Mount Everest, Ian Taylor overcame huge obstacles to become the youngest Irishman to summit the highest peak on the planet. He has the ability to show how climbing Everest, running a business, supporting the Mt. Everest School, managing turn around projects are all achievable with the right team. Ian's story, is one of many rejections and failures, but ultimately success. Now he is using his experience to inspire others and raise funds to build school in Africa.

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