Gary Guller to raise funds and awareness for The Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation

MISSION STATEMENT: The Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation is dedicated to curing spinal cord injury by funding innovative research, and improving the quality of life for people living with paralysis through grants, information and advocacy.


Gary Guller here - lets do it!!! Marathon des Sables 25th ( 2010 April) 25 bucks x 1000 folks and we have reached the goal of $25,000. Please click here. * Every dollar you give will be donated to: the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation

And...for all of those living with Spinal Cord Injury Pain. I am with you!

Thank you very much. Gary Guller

Gary Guller running Marathon des Sables "(April 2010): Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation

Bunch of miles this week. In the snow - like "Rocky" as in Rocky Balboa as opposed Rocky & Bullwinkle training, old school, headed to desert, hot weather, in the next 10 days. We did receive a couple of more 25 dollar donations, thank you, - 1 buck for every year of the 25th Marathon des Sables, to benefit the following on behalf of my participating in the world's hardest stage race. Merci'

MISSION STATEMENT: The Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation is dedicated to curing spinal cord injury by funding innovative research, and improving the quality of life for people living with paralysis through grants, information and advocacy.

Gary Guller here - lets do it!!! Marathon des Sables 25th ( 2010 April)

And...for all of those living with Spinal Cord Injury Pain. I am with you!

Thank you very much. GG

Meet Gary Guller: Tampa Bay South Shore News & Tribune

RIVERVIEW - Motivational speaker - Gary Guller will give a talk at the 25th annual Community Affairs Dinner at 6 p.m. Feb. 18 at the Hilton Garden Inn, 4328 Garden Vista Drive.

Guller is a personal executive coach with an inspiring story. He achieved recognition in 2003 as the first one-armed man to reach the summit of Mount Everest.

The 35th Alice B. Tompkins Award will be presented to an individual who has volunteered and worked to improve the area.

The service award, established in 1975, was named posthumously in 1985 for Tompkins, the former editor of The Brandon News and a community volunteer.
And at the event the inaugural Nonprofit of the Year Award will be given to an outstanding organization.

Admission is $55 per person, including dinner. For tickets, contact Mary Boor at marymboor@ verizon.net.

Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation - Gary Guller

MISSION STATEMENT: The Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation is dedicated to curing spinal cord injury by funding innovative research, and improving the quality of life for people living with paralysis through grants, information and advocacy.

Gary Guller here - lets do it!!! Marathon des Sables 25th ( 2010 April)

And...for all of those living with Spinal Cord Injury Pain. I am with you!

Thank you very much. GG

Martin Luther King Jr. Day: Celebrating the civil rights leader's life and legacy.

“Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase.” Martin Luther King, Jr.

Martin Luther King, Jr. (January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) was an American clergyman, activist and prominent leader in the African-American civil rights movement. His main legacy was to secure progress on civil rights in the United States, and he has become a human rights icon: King is recognized as a martyr by two Christian churches.[1] A Baptist minister,[2] King became a civil rights activist early in his career. He led the 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott and helped found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in 1957, serving as its first president. King's efforts led to the 1963 March on Washington, where King delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech. There, he raised public consciousness of the civil rights movement and established himself as one of the greatest orators in U.S. history.


In 1964, King became the youngest person to receive the Nobel Peace Prize for his work to end racial segregation and racial discrimination through civil disobedience and other non-violent means. By the time of his death in 1968, he had refocused his efforts on ending poverty and opposing the Vietnam War, both from a religious perspective. King was assassinated on April 4, 1968, in Memphis, Tennessee. He was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1977 and Congressional Gold Medal in 2004; Martin Luther King, Jr. Day was established as a U.S. national holiday in 1986.

The Martin Luther King Center

The Birmingham Civil Rights Institute

January 12, 2010: Marathon des Sables Training. Gary Guller - Inspirational Speaker

January 12, 2010: Gary Guller Marathon Des Sables Diary Entry: Tobasco on everything, except water and recovery drink and coffee, sometimes.

2 x strong coffee, french roast. rice and vegatables for breakie.

4.5 miles, 8000ft/2438m. nice altitude training for four more weeks. Then we head to the Mojave or Death Valley, for heat, desert, dry, heat, dry, desert, dry, heat, desert heat.

2.5 hours of hard racquetball - excellent fun! Knackered.

Dinner, finally, 2 small slices, pizza, vegetables and couscus.
Done.

Thanks again to Newton "Sir Isaacs" courtesy of Multisports and hearing that more are on the way. And my sweet, sunglasses, of course, thanks Oakley.

Booked some great speaking events for the next few months.

Thank you to all and everyone. I was discussing how blessed I feel having a "stella artois" (left that out above) after my r-ball game, thank you. Below is a short description of moi' (keynotes), as requested from a sponsor, to post.

Gary Guller is both a world-renowned, record-setting mountaineer and a professional motivational and inspirational speaker, trusted by the world’s top organisations and corporations. In 2003, Gary was leader of the largest ever cross-disability group to reach Mt Everest Base Camp, at 17,500 feet. After setting this record, he went on to scale the peak, reaching the summit on May 23, 2003, and becoming the first person with one arm to summit Mt. Everest. Later the next year, Gary lead an expedition to the summit of the world’s sixth highest mountain, Mt. Cho Oyu, located in Tibet. Gary has gone on to become a trusted keynote speaker and personal executive coach.


In Detail

Just as he discovered his passion for alpine climbing, Gary lost the use of his arm in a mountaineering accident. He stunned a medical team at Duke University by asking to have his paralysed arm amputated, and, after serious introspection, he began climbing again, surmounting the barriers that stood in the way of his dreams. Gary has travelled and climbed all over the world, including numerous trips to Asia.

What he offers you

Gary uses his extraordinary experiences to share with his audiences the importance of equality, determination, team-work and integrity, and how these traits lead to personal and professional success. Gary shows how acceptance of diversity and diversity of thought will serve a globally integrated world economy in a positive way. An inspirational speaker, he encourages audiences to look deep into themselves, motivating them to set goals to maximise their potential, placing fear and doubts aside to achieve success in business and life.

How he presents

A professional speaker, Gary is comfortable in a private setting, before a boardroom of 50 executives, or on-stage in front of thousands. His presentations, which are full of vivid images and real-life stories, inspire and connect with his audiences. His down-to-earth speaking style makes him an extremely popular speaker.

Languages

Gary presents in English.

January 10, 2010: Gary Guller, Marathon des Sables Training Day (for real)

January 10, 2010: Gary Guller Marathon Des Sables Diary Entry: Tobasco on everything, except water and recovery drink and coffee, sometimes.

2 x strong coffee, french roast. As in very strong, late night. Long day ahead.

1 x pizza slice from previous night - Freaking great!
1 x quesadilla, cheese only, and salsa
18 mile run/jog/fast walking, 4hr 45mins @6398 ft / 1950 metres/33lb pack for training purposes.

1 x 8" inch traditional, fresh french stick, ham & swiss c/w
Dijon mustard - The English word "mustard" derives from the Middle English moustarde, a combination of the Old French words moust (must) and ardens (burning). Moust derives from the Latin mustum, meaning "new wine".

Sore legs, dogs with sore legs, Jt with sore legs - everyone sore. Time to change out "old school North Face Pack" to perhaps, say one from this century. :)

Dinner: Outside by fireside. Garden salad, beets, spinach, balsamic, bleu cheese.

and...My favorite, again, so happy, Pizza The innovation that gave us the flat bread we call pizza was the use of tomato as a topping. For some time after the tomato was brought to Europe from the Americas in the 16th century, it was believed by many Europeans to be poisonous (as are some other fruits of the nightshade family). However, by the late 18th century it was common for the poor of the area around Naples to add tomato to their yeast-based flat bread, and so the pizza was born. The dish gained in popularity, and soon pizza became a tourist attraction as visitors to Naples ventured into the poorer areas of the city to try the local specialty.

"troppo vino", 1 x glass pinot noir, plus plus, loads of water.

Total training time of movement: 4hr 45mins. Good Sunday session.

North Face Pack. Newton "Sir Isaacs" courtesy of Multisports. And my glasses, of course, thanks Oakley.

January 6, 2010: Gary Guller

January 6, 2010: Gary Guller Marathon Des Sables Diary Entry

Tobasco on everything, except water and recovery drink and coffee, sometimes.

2 x strong coffee, french roast.
European breakfast, dry salami, coppa, swiss cheese, sliced ham, jarlsburg cheese, sharp cheddar.

1hr 30mins, running, pack free.

1hr 30mins Open level racquetball 400-530pm

Dinner: Traditional fondue, french bread, sliced meat, garden salad, beets, spinach, balsamic, bleu cheese.

"troppo vino", cabernet sauvignon, pinot noir, plus plus

Finshed the night with "Inglourious Basterds"

Total training time of movement: 3hr (many cookies tonight during movie, arghhhh)

North Face Pack and Newton "Sir Isaacs" courtesy of Multisports. And my glasses, of course, thanks Oakley.

January 5, 2010: Gary Guller - Marathon des Sables Training

January 5, 2010: Gary Guller Marathon Des Sables Diary Entry
Tobasco on everything, except water and recovery drink.

1 x strong coffee, french roast

1 x Monster energy drink at courtside

1 hour open level racquetball 630-730am

2 eggs, 2 sausage patties, two more cups of coffee

2hr 20mins, 8340ft with 28lb pack 6/7 miles, 2000 ft gain

1 X Tuna sandwich, with cheese ( sharp) wheat bread, quite a few salt & vinegar chips

2 hrs Open level racquetball 330-530pm

1 x Stella Artois
Indian dinner, vegetarian.
1 x chapatti, rice, chick peas, green peas, tofu

2 x small glasses of vino, cabernet sauvignon

Total training time of movement: 5hr 25mins (no cookie tonight, rats!)

North Face Pack and Newton "Sir Isaacs" courtesy of Multisports.

January 4 2010: Gary Guller: Marathon des Sables Training

January 4, 2010: Gary Guller Marathon Des Sables Diary Entry

Tobasco on everything, except water and recovery drink.

2 x boiled eggs

1 x bratwurst, big, sliced

8 glasses water

4 x glasses Clif Shot Recovery mix

2 x strong cups, big, french roast, coffee

8 mile run/jog, 1hr 45mins @6398 ft / 1950 metres/20lb pack

20 minute nap

2hr 45mins, racquetball

1 x chicken pot pie (organic)

1 x caesar salad

2 x glasses, vino, cabernet sauvignon

1 x serious chocolate cookie, on the quiet.

North Face Pack and Newton "Sir Isaacs" courtesy of Multisports.

Total time of movement: 4 hrs 30 minutes.

Gary Guller: Marathon Des Sables 2010

Inspirational Everest Keynote Speaker to participate in the 25th annual Marathon des Sables

Gary Guller: Make Other's Greater

Gary Guller is both a world-renowned, record-setting mountaineer and a professional motivational and inspirational speaker, trusted by the world’s top organisations and corporations. In 2003, Gary was leader of the largest ever cross-disability group to reach Mt Everest Base Camp, at 17,500 feet. After setting this record, he went on to scale the peak, reaching the summit on May 23, 2003, and becoming the first person with one arm to summit Mt. Everest. Later the next year, Gary lead an expedition to the summit of the world’s sixth highest mountain, Mt. Cho Oyu, located in Tibet. Gary has gone on to become a trusted keynote speaker and personal executive coach.

In Detail
Just as he discovered his passion for alpine climbing, Gary lost the use of his arm in a mountaineering accident. He stunned a medical team at Duke University by asking to have his paralysed arm amputated, and, after serious introspection, he began climbing again, surmounting the barriers that stood in the way of his dreams. Gary has travelled and climbed all over the world, including numerous trips to Asia.

What he offers you
Gary uses his extraordinary experiences to share with his audiences the importance of equality, determination, team-work and integrity, and how these traits lead to personal and professional success. Gary shows how acceptance of diversity and diversity of thought will serve a globally integrated world economy in a positive way. An inspirational speaker, he encourages audiences to look deep into themselves, motivating them to set goals to maximise their potential, placing fear and doubts aside to achieve success in business and life.

How he presents
A professional speaker, Gary is comfortable in a private setting, before a boardroom of 50 executives, or on-stage in front of thousands. His presentations, which are full of vivid images and real-life stories, inspire and connect with his audiences. His down-to-earth speaking style makes him an extremely popular speaker.

Languages
Gary presents in English.

Topics
Effective teamwork and strong leadership

Diversity and inclusion

Collective leadership

Transformational leadership

Effective communication and team-building

from the website: China Global Speakers