"About two years ago I attended one of your presentations, in which you shared some of your toughest and most rewarding mountain climbing experiences. I do not recall which peaks you climbed, but I do remember the way I felt when hearing about your adventures. The challenging and life-changing experiences you had were very thrilling to me. Your recollection of that trip had an enormous impact on how I saw myself at the time. I was a young woman recently graduated from college and was deeply inspired to seek out similar adventures of my own."

"I just wanted to thank you for the talk you gave last night on your experiences and adventures. I know that it was the purpose of the exercise but thought you should get some feedback about how inspiring and encouraging people found it. Having listened to some of your learnings yesterday I appreciate that only I can make myself get up and strive for my dreams, but I think listening to your experiences does inspire and educate."

"I enjoyed your talk last night. It was fascinating to hear about your expeditions and see your beautiful photographs but particularly interesting to hear how you feel it has linked in with your personal growth."