Pasquale Scaturro

Pasquale Scaturro, explorer, adventurer and geophysicist, is one of the foremost accomplished and renowned expedition leaders in the world and has been exploring the far reaches of the planet for more than 25 years. And for more than three decades he has worked closely with some of the world's largest multinational corporations, conducting the full range of geological, geophysical, and operational services key to the domestic and international oil and gas industry. His presentations bridge the gap between the lives of people in the workplace and his own high-risk adventures by showing how the lessons of teamwork, trust, and leadership apply to the day-to-day business of any organization.

Where No One Has Gone Before. Pasquale has been the leader of major and historical expeditions in high altitude mountaineering including three expeditions to Everest. In 2001 he conceived, organized, and led the record breaking National Federation of the Blind 2001 Everest Expedition, in which blind climber Erik Weihenmayer reached the summit. Time Magazine called it one of the most successful Mt. Everest expeditions in history. The award-winning film Farther than the Eye Can See was shot during the expedition and is ranked as one of the top 20 adventure films of all time by Men's Journal.

As a mountain, river, and desert expedition leader, film producer, African bush pilot, explorer, adventurer, and geophysicist Pasquale draws upon a lifetime of experiences. His motivational talks have inspired audiences throughout the United States and Europe, and taught people that the realm of impossibility has no limits. From an early age Pasquale learned what it was to sacrifice and at the same time to strive to make his dreams materialize. Leadership through team building, persistence, setting goals, planning skills, flexibility to overcome and survive unexpected obstacles, and performance under pressure are all factors in Pasquale's remarkable endeavor to live a life without limits both in business and on the rivers and mountains of the world.

Historic Mountain Ascents, Dangerous River Descents. In 2006 Pasquale was the expedition leader and chief of mountain operations on the deadly north face of the Eiger in Switzerland for the IMAX film The Alps. Premiering May 31, 2009, Pasquale will be featured in the new 8-part History Channel TV series Expedition Africa: Stanley and Livingstone in which a team of four explorers cross Africa from Zanzibar to Lake Tanganyika retracing Henry Morton Stanley's epic 1871 expedition to find Dr David Livingston. Also, soon to be released, is the incredible 4-part TV series Journey to Arabia in which Pasquale leads an expedition exploring the breadth and width of Arabia in search of adventure.

Pasquale has also led multiple descents of major world-class rivers including the Bio Bio in Chile, Omo and Zambezi in Africa and in 2003 he organized and led the dangerous and historic 114-day Nile First Descent Expedition, the first ever descent of the Blue Nile and Nile River from its source 10,000 feet high in the mountains of Ethiopia to the Mediterranean Sea, a distance of 3,260 miles. The expedition is featured in the blockbuster IMAX film and book titled the Mystery of the Nile.

More About Pasquale Scaturro. Pasquale is one of a rare breed of leaders who has bridged the gap between successful expeditions in the outdoors and success in corporate America. As an exploration geophysicist he has led geophysical energy exploration and development projects in many of the most remote, dangerous and politically and technically challenging areas on earth, including North and South America, Africa, the Middle East and the former Soviet Union. The founder of US Seismic Inc. and Tricon Geophysics Inc., Pasquale's leadership and teamwork abilities in concert with his logistical expertise, hard work and enormous commitment have enabled him to straddle the realms of outdoor exploration and corporate America unlike any other expedition leader on earth.

Pasquale has appeared on the Today Show, NBC Nightly News, ESPN, Turner Television, the History Channel, National Public Radio, MacGillivray Freeman Films and IMAX Theaters worldwide, A&E, MSNBC and MSN and has been featured in Time Magazine, Outside Magazine, National Geographic Adventure, Playboy, the Los Angeles Times, the Steven Covey Leadership Series and many more. He lives in Lakewood, Colorado and online at http://pvsnet.com/speaking/.