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Warren Macdonald

Warren Macdonald has a passion for living beyond the bounds of acceptance. He has a passion for the environment, using adventure as a key learning tool, and for doing more with less.

Warren's life's boundaries were redefined in April 1997, when at the age of 31, he spent two days alone pinned under a one-ton boulder after a freak rock fall on Hinchinbrook Island in Northern Queensland, Australia. He survived, only to undergo the amputation of both legs at mid thigh. His doctor told him he'd never walk again. Warren's comment was that "I don't recall him saying anything about cycling, kayaking, or climbing mountains..." Just ten months later he successfully summitted first Cradle Mountain then Federation Peak, Australia's toughest mountain summit!

Warren's expeditions have taken him around the globe. In February 2003, he became the first double above-knee amputee to reach the summit of Africa's tallest peak, Mt Kilimanjaro, and more recently, in a spectacular effort requiring more than 2800 pull-ups, created history once again in an ascent of America's tallest cliff face, El Capitan. In an age where exploration is no longer defined in geographical terms, a new breed of disabled athletes are exploring and redefining the outer limits of human potential. Warren Macdonald is one of those athletes. He recognises change as a process, not an end result. His ability to manage transition, to create opportunity any situation keeps him in demand as a speaker and corporate motivator.

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