Biography

Shailee Basnet is a motivational speaker, standup comedian, and mountain climber. She has a unique way to blend her personal experiences with lessons on motivation, leadership, team building and women empowerment.

Known for the historic ‘Seven Summits Women Team’, the world’s first female group to scale the highest peak in each continent, she is on a mission to empower young females in the world.

Starting from a humble upbringing in Nepal where sports was considered almost taboo for girls, Shailee started mountaineering as a personal challenge, she then led a team of pioneering women in a global mission and eventually created a platform to produce the next generation of female mountain leaders while pursuing a successful career in stand-up comedy. She is a killer combination of inspiring, stirring, and hilarious! She is not afraid to transcend her boundaries and will leave you with a framework and rousing energy to break yours!!