Hong Kong-raised adventurer-explorer Annabelle Bond is in town this month to talk about achieving her goal of being the fastest woman to climb the Seven Summits - the highest peak on each continent - and her present goal of raising millions of dollars for The Eve Appeal in aid of ovarian cancer research.
She completed her feat in 360 days and credits her participation in Hong Kong's 100km Trailwalker event over the MacLehose Trail in 1997 to 2000 - she came second in the women's section on year - for her success in climbing the summits.
It won't be a technical talk about how much her pack weighed or what equipment she used. Bond prefers to share her thoughts while showing pictures and videos of her one-year adventure. She is still afraid of heights, but has learned a lot in the past year and wants to share that experience with her audience.
'For me it was great self-learning and actually gave me confidence in myself to go out and try things,' she said.
One of the reasons she is glad to be back in Hong Kong is because she feels she has been living 'nowhere' for quite some time. 'I was in Aspen for a conference, the UK filming a pilot for an adventure show and France because I might be doing a trip to the North Pole next year. So I've just kind of been on the go,' she said. 'And I'm working on my book, so I've been in London a little bit.'