Through her work Julie has
made a difference to the lives of many. Her projects to
date have been pioneering and focused on empowering people
and developing leadership skills. Her work led her to be
nominated for The Emirates Woman of the Year in 2005. Most
of her projects have had a humanitarian or health related
campaign to them. Two of her challenges have enjoyed Royal
Patronage ( HRH Queen Rania of Jordan & HRH Princess
Haya ) The key health issue Julie’s projects have
addressed are : osteoporosis, breast cancer, diabetes and
heart disease. She is also linked to schools and orphanage
projects in Sri Lanka and Africa.
As part of her personal development
Julie successfully completed an NLP Masters level in 2006
and will complete a NLP Coaching to Excellence course this
year.
Julie has lead, trained and
managed multi-national team of women and men from the UAE
to several countries to complete a series of adventure challenges.
Her passion, enthusiasm and energy have been the catalyst
for personal change in her clients.
ACHIEVEMENTS TO DATE
BORNEO CHALLENGE 2002 led the first all
female team from the UAE up Mount Kinabalu, Sabah, Borneo,
the highest peak in South East Asia at 4095m.
SARAWAK REGATTA 2002,
lead the first team of 5 men and women through the finishing
line with members of the Sarawak Tourism Board paddled 1500m
in a longboat race on the Sarawak River – under extreme
conditions of thunder, lightening, rain and wind !
EVEREST WOMEN’S CHALLENGE 2003, led
the first all female team from the UAE to the summit of
Kala Pattar ( 5550m ) and Everest Base Camp ( 5370m) in
Nepal in the 50th Anniversary Year of Everest and in the
process raised Dhs180,000 towards a mobile breast cancer
screening unit.
3B JORDAN CHALLENGE
2004, Under the Patronage of HRH Queen Rania Al
Abdullah of Jordan, 10 day multi-activity challenge to raise
awareness for Osteoporosis, team of 24 women from the UAE.
PEDAL FOR PEACE 2004
joined 240 women from 23 different countries and cycled
from Beirut through Syria to Jordan.
IRAN 2004 Successful summit on Mount Damavand (5692m)
Iran, the highest peak in the Middle East.
TREK 4 TSUNAMI
Projects 2005. Organized the first 4km walk on the Palm
Jumeirah in association with Nakheel and raised Dhs 100,000
to support a school and orphanage rebuild project in Sri
Lanka.
TREK FOR TSUNAMI PROJECT
2005, following on from the 4km walk on the Palm,
Julie led a team of 15 men and women to complete the Annapurna
Circuit in Nepal crossing a high pass of 5416m.
MOUNT KILIMANJARO
August 2005, lead a team from the UAE on the Machame Route
to Africa’s highest peak – Kili at 5895m.
SARAWAK REGATTA 2005,
First all female team of women from the UAE to race in the
Sarawak Regatta coming a respectable 2nd place in the tourist
category (beating the men’s team from Singapore!)
JEBEL YIBIA CHALLENGE
2005, to mark International Mountain Day (as designated
by United Nations) Julie joined a team to the summit of
the UAE’s highest peak.
JEBEL UM ADAMI CHALLENGE,
April 2006. to mark World Health Day Julie lead a team from
the UAE to the highest peak in Jordan located in Wadi Rum
1830m.
REACHING NEW HEIGHTS
2006 led the first all female Arab and Western team from
the UAE to trek to the summit of Mount Toubkal, Morocco
at 4065m. Held under the Patronage of HRH Princess Haya
Bint Al Hussein.
NEHRU TROPHY BOAT RACE
2006 & 2007 led the first all female team of
10 women for the UAE to join 25 women from Kerala, India
and take part in the World famous Nehru Trophy Boat Race
on a snake boat over a race distance of 750m. The first
foreign women participants in the history of
the Boat race which has been running for 54years. Winners
of the Women’s category.
TICKLED PINK SERIES
2007– Fund and awareness raising campaign
for the Breast Cancer Foundation of the Emirates.
ARCTIC WOMEN’S
CHALLENGE 2007 First all female multi-national
team of women from the UAE to complete a 7 day arctic expedition
to Svalbard. The team experienced dog sledding, ice caving,
and a snowmobile safari at temperatures as low as -30. The
team included the first two Emirati sisters to the arctic,
one of whom was a two times breast cancer survivor.
TICKLED PINK PADDLERS
2007: Team of Breast Cancer survivors to form the
first Dragon Boat Team to race in Penang brining back home
silver medals in their category, just 11 seconds behind
the current world champions in the field.
JEWELS OF ARABIA CHALLENGE,
JORDAN 2007 Multi-activity challenge, Indiana Jones
style. A multi-national team of 16 completing a series of
challenges across Aqaba, Wadi Rum, Petra and the Dead Sea.
2008 CHALLENGE DESTINATIONS:
Arctic, Kerala, Cyprus, Nepal, UAE & OMAN
Julie Amer
jules@mountainhighme.com
050 6595536
www.mountainhighme.com
“That which is in you lies
above the mountain and roves with the wind” “-
The Prophet” Khalil Gibran
