Tori James is the first Welsh woman to climb Mount Everest. Tori is a professional speaker and host of the First Females podcast which celebrates the 50th anniversary of the first female ascent of Mount Everest.

Tori's expedition achievements include climbing Cho Oyu (8,201m) and becoming the first all-female team to complete the Polar Challenge, a 360-mile race to the Magnetic North Pole. In 2014, the Beeline Britain team made the first ever straight-line journey between Land's End and John O'Groats. This journey is documented in the multi award-winning film called 'As the Crow Flies’.

Tori has also cycled the length of New Zealand and is an advocate for active travel initiatives, passionately promoting 'bike buses' enabling children to cycle to school and experience everyday adventures by bike.

 Tori is the President of Girlguiding in Wales. She is an ambassador for the Duke of Edinburgh's Award and a Fellow of British Exploring.