Bianca laughing in a purple jacket, holding out a pink ice axe

Hi, I'm Bianca!

At 18, I climbed
Mt Everest.

On 20 May 2026 I became the youngest Australian to stand on the summit. Now I want to inspire everyone to chase their goals and go on adventures, big and small.

Bianca in a pink jacket on the glacier below the Lhotse Face

a bit about me

Big mountains, small steps.

I'm Australian, from Melbourne, but I spent 8 years of my childhood in the French Alps, in a town called Annecy. Being surrounded by such beautiful alpine peaks inspired my dream of one day climbing in the Himalayas.

Since then I've climbed in the Andes, the Alps and the Himalayas, summited Manaslu and Ama Dablam, and broken 2 world records, including a Guinness World Record. The one climb I didn't summit taught me the most.

My Everest climb isn't just about pushing myself. It's about inspiring others to get outdoors and embrace discomfort.

Read my story
Bianca at sunrise on summit day, in her red down suit and oxygen maskBianca climbing the Lhotse Face above the yellow tents of camp 3The summit ridge of Mt Everest against a deep blue skyBianca at Everest Base Camp with Everest behind her

speaking

Bring the Everest story to your audience.

From a knee injury on Ama Dablam to turning back on Everest in 2025 and reaching the summit in 2026, I talk honestly about big goals, setbacks, fear and the small steps that get you to the top.

Enquire about a talk
Bianca giving a keynote, with her Everest summit photo on the screen behind her
Keynote talks
Bianca in an on-stage conversation in front of an audience
On-stage conversations
Bianca on the TV show Have You Been Paying Attention?, with her summit video on screen
TV and media

What I talk about

  1. Working towards goals

    Turning a huge, far-off dream into years of small, achievable steps.

  2. Perseverance

    Keeping going through more than 40 days on the mountain, exhaustion and altitude, one step at a time.

  3. Failure

    What not reaching the top taught me, and how I came back stronger.

  4. Planning

    Training, gear, logistics and safety: how careful preparation makes big risks manageable.

  5. Mindset

    Staying calm, positive and in control when you're scared, cold and exhausted at 8,000 m.

Who I speak to

Corporate groups

Keynotes and team events on goal-setting, resilience, managing risk and performing under pressure.

Schools

Talks for primary and secondary students about dreaming big, bouncing back from failure and getting outdoors.

Outdoor organisations

Clubs, retailers and adventure groups: expedition stories, training, gear and what it really takes to climb at 8,000 m.

work with me

Partners and media.

from the mountain

Updates from my expeditions

EVEREST SUMMIT DAY (descent)

Standing on the summit of Everest, the main thing I could think about was coming down. I had only reached halfway (even less than halfway actually!). I had so far to go, including the tricky rocks that start almost…

EVEREST SUMMIT DAY! (Uphill)

Sorry it’s taken me so long to write/finish this blog! I woke up from camp 4, along with Pemba and Ngudu. It was starting to get colder so I put all of my layers back on. We then had to make more water, and eat a shared…

Everest day 43 – camp 3 to camp 4!

This is definitely the second hardest day of the climb, after the summit day. That being said, last year it was my favourite climbing day! We climb from 7100m, to 8000m, which is a huge amount of elevation gain at such…

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thank you to

The people who back me

Say hello!

For speaking, partnership or media enquiries, contact my mum, Fiona Adler.