Programs
| "The energy in the room when he finished was almost visible."
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Louise Kipping, Hostelling International |
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From boardrooms to classrooms to lecture halls, Willie Weir entertains, motivates, and inspires. His programs appeal to anyone with a love for adventure and desire for challenge.
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Program details
With a style and flair that comes from years as a professional actor, Willie Weir weaves tales of his travels with stunning slides and music.
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Presentations run approximately one hour
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All equipment provided, except for the screen, sound system and microphone (needed for larger audiences)
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Focus and length can be tailored to your audience
For speaker fee and availability, contact:
Pineleaf
Productions
206.723.1908
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for information
| The
Bad Road: Cycling Turkey
What do you do when
you have a 3-month bicycle journey
planned in Turkey and a week
before you leave U.S. troops
invade Iraq? If you are radio
commentator and travel columnist
Willie Weir ... you go anyway.
Willie will take you down some
"bad roads" in this
amazing country and explore the
question, "How do you decide
when adventure is worth the
risk?"
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"Other presenters are interesting and have
compelling
stories and
slides but few
can rival
Willie’s
delivery. His
humor is superb
and his acting
background mixed
with his unique
story telling
ability make him
a non-stop,
action packed
adventure." |
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--Suzanne
Hanlon, Outdoor Programs,
University
of Oregon |
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I am God! Cycling India
"It is easier to change your
mind than it is to change the
minds of 900 million other
people." --
Rajastani street vender
What is the proper response when a 13 year-old boy confides in you that he is a deity?
What should you order for dinner
while spending a night in jail?
And what does Charlie Brown have
to do with the sport of cricket?
Willie Weir takes you on a
humorously bumpy ride through the
subcontinent on a bicycle loaded
down with every travel fear
imaginable.
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"I have been booking nationally and internationally known outdoor /adventure speakers at the University of Montana for 18 years. Willie Weir is one of the best." |
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--Dudley
Improta,
Outdoor
Programs,
University
of Montana |
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| Fear and Hospitality: A Journey Through South Africa
"If
you take this
road to King
Williams Town,
you are going
to die. Do you
understand
me?" --White South
African farmer
Willie Weir
pedaled in
post-apartheid
South Africa
months after
Nelson Mandela
had been
elected
president.
Eager to
travel in the
former
homelands,
home of the
Zulu, Xhosa
and other
tribes, he
faced a
daunting
obstacle ...
hundreds of
people warned
of grave
consequences.
Sometimes
adventure
means facing
your fears and
coming to
grips with
your own
prejudices. |
Love, War and the Bicycle: A Balkans Adventure
"You
must first
ask
yourself
this
question:
Do I truly
want to
have an
adventure?"
--Willie
Weir
War, sickness, romance, crime, adventure!
While UN
troop
trucks and
tanks
rolled
along
Bosnia's
highways,
Willie
Weir
cycled
into
Sarajevo
and beyond
into Serb
controlled
Bosnia.
From the
mountains
of
Slovenia,
to the
back roads
of
Albania,
Willie
encountered
this
volatile
region
with a woman
who would
change his
life
forever.
| "He gives a dazzling performance straight from his heart that is mesmerizing, humorous, honest, surprising, and insightful. Willie appeals to
everyone
--
children, adults, adventurers, and dreamers."
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--
Ron Salsbury, Director, Greater Seattle Bicycle Expo |
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| Cuba: So Close - So Far Away
"Cuba
would
not
have
even
made
it
onto
my
list
of
top
twenty
destinations,
except
for
one
reason
...
my
government
told
me
I
couldn't
go."
--Willie
Weir
In
1998
Willie
Weir
pedaled
off
on
a
2,000
mile
bicycle
journey
throughout
the
forbidden
island
of
sugarcane,
cigars
and
socialism.
Experience
three
months
of
adventure;
from
breaching
national
security
at
a
nuclear
reactor,
to
a
wild,
bizarre
and
unforgettable
Christmas
Eve
...
all
on
a
prototype
bicycle
that
allowed
him
to
begin
solo
and
later
continue
tandem
with
his
wife,
Kat. |
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