The Kendal Mountain Festival has an annual speaking tour throughout the UK.

Ice swimming para swimmer and creator of the Para Five Jonty Warneken (Great Britain, 52, IISA bio here) who serves as the Vice President of the International Ice Swimming Association and just returned from the IISA 6th World Championship was added to the list of speakers along with BAFTA-nominated TV producer Beki Henderson, ultra mountain runner Andy Berry, polar explorer  Geneviève Brown, and stars of ‘Alpha’, Ed Jackson, Darren Edwards and Niall McCann (bios listed here).

To purchase tickets to the UK Tour, visit here.

To learn more about the 2025 UK Tour, visit here.

If other para swimmers would like to participate in future IISA events, or receive practical information and guidance from Warneken email jonty@warneken.com or communicate via messages on Facebook (here or here).

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