Lonnie Bedwell
About Lonnie Bedwell
“The entire team absolutely loved Lonnie. On our recap call this morning, the group was talking about how inspiring his story was and the impact it had on all of us. Lonnie’s journey is truly one of a kind. He reminded us of the power of vision, trust, and teamwork—and that no matter the obstacles, we can always keep moving forward. We’re beyond grateful that he could join us and share his story. Everyone who had the chance to meet Lonnie during his visit couldn’t stop saying how incredible he is. I definitely recommend and would love to have him in the future again. ”
Speech topics
INSPIRATIONAL, RELATABLE, PRACTICAL
Lonnie’s mission is to inspire others to approach adversity with courage and confidence to live their life to the fullest. He is an active volunteer for veterans and people with disabilities but is dedicated to helping anyone take their first steps to living an inspired life.
Lonnie’s talks are customizable. Some of his most popular speaking topics are:
- Overcoming Adversity.
- Teamwork.
- Leadership.
- Trust and Vulnerability.
- Kayaking and other Extreme Adventure Stories.
Speaking videos
Books by Lonnie Bedwell
“226: How I Became the First Blind Person to Kayak the Grand Canyon” (2015)
Lonnie Bedwell (U.S. Navy, retired) shares his incredible and inspiring true story of becoming the first blind person to navigate a kayak through 226 miles of dangerous whitewater river flowing through the Grand Canyon. Bedwell embarked on this brave and historic undertaking to raise public awareness of the plight of disabled veterans, and to show these veterans, many of whom suffer from clinical depression, what they could achieve by taking advantage of adaptive sports programs like those offered by volunteer vets organization Team River Runner. Lonnie has been helping inspire a lot of his fellow veterans with his exploits and, whenever someone asks him if it makes him feel good to help them, his reply is always the same: Those veterans did (me) and all of us a favor by fighting for us and (I’m) just paying them back.
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