Mollie Hughes is a world record-breaking sports adventurer, mountaineer, polar explorer and international motivational speaker. In 2017 Mollie broke the world record for becoming the youngest woman to climb both sides of Mount Everest and in 2020 became the youngest woman to ski solo to the South Pole. In December 2020 she was the first woman to become president of Scouts Scotland.
You can find out more about Mollie at her website.
Mollie’s latest book is Blue Scotland. She will take part in our exciting schools programming, as well as leading a wild swimming event on Saturday morning and participating in a Welcoming Nature panel event on Saturday afternoon. At the time of writing, a few tickets are still available for both events via Ticketsource.