Ronnie Legg is a climber and mountaineer, outdoor clothing designer and founder of women’s specific clothing brand Vertura.
After a brief stint outdoor instructing, she has spent the last 16 years designing clothing for extreme environments and outdoor enthusiasts. She founded Vertura to focus on making technical mountain clothing specifically for women, after having to make her own down trousers for an expedition to Nepal.
Ronnie enjoys rock, snow, ice and mixed climbing and has always been drawn to big mountains and remote places. She has climbed Ama Dablam, been benighted in the Alps, and organised expeditions to Bolivia and Svalbard.
She is passionate about improving gender equality and representation in mountaineering and the outdoor industry. To that end, she is a member of the Alpine Club committee and the Outdoor Industries Association Development Board.
Ronnie firmly believes that women can achieve far more than they realise, given the right opportunities – and sometimes that means finding ways to create those opportunities.
Sessions at Explore Weekend
Sunday
11.30am-12.30pm: Breaking Barriers and Changing Narratives for Female Outdoor Leaders
