Lori Schneider

On May 23, 2009, international speaker LORI SCHNEIDER became the first person with Multiple Sclerosis to complete the SEVEN SUMMITS climbing the highest peak on each continent. Lori is also the first with MS to summit Mt. EVEREST. She is a teacher, mountaineer & professional speaker. Learn more at www.EmpowermentThroughAdventure.com

Biography

Lori Schneider developed a bad case of wanderlust when she was 15 years old. She traveled to the corners of the earth in search of unique cultures, people, and challenging experiences. Lori graduated from an all-women’s college in 1978 and began a twenty-year teaching career, working with special education children, as well as kindergarten and first grade students. In 1999, at the age of forty-three, Lori developed something else. She awoke one morning with numbness in over 50% of her body. Within two months, it had spread throughout her entire body. The doctors uttered two little letters from an alphabet she had recited so many times - MS. When the crippling shock of the Multiple Sclerosis diagnosis wore off, Lori decided to accelerate her love of travel and mountains, and set out to climb the highest peak on each continent. With the highest peaks in Africa, Europe, South America, North America, Australia, Antarctica, and Asia under her belt, Lori became the first person in the world with MS to conquer the "Seven Summits". Lori’s message to adults and children alike, reminds us that if we believe, we can achieve.

In 2011, Lori Schneider, accompanied by her 79 year old father Neal Schneider, organized a climb of Mt. Kilimanjaro, Africa's highest peak. This would be Schneider's second climb of "Kili", having summited it the first time alongside her father, in 1993. This time, Schneider wanted to help others with MS as well as those with Parkinson's disease, summit their own mountain of fear and doubt, living with a neurodegenerative disease. In all, 21 of the 28 'Leap of Faith' climbers made it to the roof of Africa. To this group of uncommon adventurers, Kilimanjaro really was More Than A Mountain, it was their Leap of Faith.

Lori Schneider

Founder - Empowerment Through Adventure LLC

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