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Plus-size adventurer, speaker, influencer and innovator working the world's greatest brands to build connection, movement and understanding the 67 percent of us women larger than size 12. Let's move mountains.I wrote Weight of Being, Gorge: My Journey Up Kilimanjaro at 300 Pounds (soon to be major motion picture produced by Amazon Studios and starring Chrissy Metz), and Fat Woman on the Mountain. I have spoken at Google, Sanofi, Columbia Sportswear, Pfizer, Dartmouth, Purdue, CU Boulder, etc. I've collaborated with brands such as LL Bean.I climbed Kili three times weighing as much as 300 pounds. You can find out more me from the media kit below (with a sampling of some of my programs). Some kind words from Wild author Cheryl Strayed and The New York Times are below.I highlight resonant topics like positive self-image, achieving the impossible, and the benefits of spending time in nature. I can talk about creative, memoir writing, my journey with food addiction/binge eating disorder, gender equality, and physical fitness. I'm especially sought after for NEDA Week, Love Your Body and body acceptance events.... and on the corporate front I help teams overcome obstacles and embrace change and wellness no matter where they're starting from."In Gorge, Kara Richardson Whitely takes us where few have dared to go before: thrillingly up to the top of Mt. Kilimanjaro and profoundly down to the darkest depths of food addiction. Kara is fearlessly honest and powerfully intelligent. I was moved and inspired by every page of this beautiful book."—Cheryl Strayed, Wild"This detailed account of [Kara Richardson Whitely's] travails will give confidence not only to hesitant would-be mountaineers but to those, like her, whose biggest hurdle is 'to learn to be O.K. with who I was.'" - New York Times
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