Everyone's Everest film screening and panel discussion

Join us for an exclusive screening of the powerful new feature-length documentary, When Life Gives You Lemons… Everyone’s Everest, followed by a live Q&A session with the producer and director Tom McShane FRGS and star of the film, Sally Orange MBE.

Physical endurance meets the resilience of the human spirit. Sally Orange MBE is taking her mental health message to the highest marathon in the world. Having faced the uphill battle of cancer recovery, Sally shares the essential tools and wisdom she used to find strength in the wild.

Alongside a community of survivors and experts, she shows us that no matter how steep the challenge, nature provides a way up. Find your strength. Find your summit.

Transforming lives through the power of nature, empowering individuals to find their strength and reach their personal summit. We want a world where the outdoors is a universal resource for both mental and physical health, and where no 'Everest', despite how personal or daunting, is climbed alone.

This documentary features deeply insightful contributions from world-renowned adventurers and experts, including Sir Chris Bonington CVO CBE FRGS, Al Carns OBE MP, Hari Budha Magar MBE FRGS, Krish Thapa, Dr Sophie Redlin FRGS, Dr Shaunna Burke, Jo Rycroft, Felicity Ashley, and Francesca Anderson.

Meet our speakers

Tom McShane is an award-winning filmmaker, photographer and adventurer, and the director of When Life Gives You Lemons… Everyone’s Everest. A Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, Tom has spent his career working in some of the world’s most challenging environments, from military operations to major expeditions.

Sally Orange MBE is a former Army physiotherapist, endurance adventurer, motivational speaker and mental health campaigner. Having faced her own challenges with mental health and cancer, Sally uses extraordinary physical challenges to open up conversations about resilience, wellbeing and the power of nature.

Dr Sophie Redlin is a GP, expedition doctor, researcher in medical anthropology, filmmaker and Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. Her work explores mental health, medicine and the human experience, with a particular interest in how people respond to adversity and challenging environments.

Dr Shaunna Burke is an Associate Professor in Exercise and Health Psychology at the University of Leeds, a researcher specialising in exercise and cancer, and an accomplished mountaineer. Following a diagnosis of incurable stage four breast cancer, Shaunna was the first woman with incurable cancer to summit Everest.

Booking information

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Accessibility at our events

We want everyone to feel welcome at our events. Key accessibility features of this event include:

• Step-free access to the event
• Accessible toilets
• Assistance dogs are welcome
• Hearing loop

For full details, please visit our accessibility page. If you have any questions or specific access requirements, feel free to get in touch with us on access@rgs.org