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WHO IS
DAMIAN BROWNE?

Damian Browne is an extreme adventurer, peak performance athlete and International keynote speaker from Galway, Ireland.

During a 16-year career as a professional rugby player, Damian donned the colours of some of rugby’s European elite, including Northampton Saints & Leinster; where he won club rugby’s biggest prize, The Heineken Cup.

Since retirement from professional rugby, Damian has become one of the World’s foremost extreme adventurers; undertaking some of the most demanding physical and mental challenges on the planet, including the 257km Sahara Desert ultra marathon, The Marathon des Sables, rowed solo and unsupported, 5000km across the Atlantic Ocean and has currently climbed 5 of the 7 Summits, a renowned mountaineering feat. Damian’s drive to explore his physical & mental limits is not exclusive to ultra endurance events and he is a multi-time Irish indoor rowing champion, holding all-time, all-category records for the 500m and 1000m distance.

My purpose in life is self actualisation and my goal is , "To live an extraordinary life. A life full of challenge, extremes, learning, courage, growth, reality and fulfillment. Driven by responsibility, integrity and discipline. My life will be my masterpiece” .

For 25 years Damian has pursued his human potential, relentlessly pushing his body & mind to their perceived limits; forging himself & his character in what he deems “a crucible life”. Damian has shared his unique story, incredible experiences and deep learnings with multinational corporations, tech giants and World class sporting environments including NFL teams and International Rugby XVs.

WHO IS DAMIAN BROWNE?

Damian Browne is an extreme adventurer, peak performance athlete and International keynote speaker from Galway, Ireland.

During a 16-year career as a professional rugby player, Damian donned the colours of some of rugby’s European elite, including Northampton Saints & Leinster; where he won club rugby’s biggest prize, The Heineken Cup.

Since retirement from professional rugby, Damian has become one of the World’s foremost extreme adventurers; undertaking some of the most demanding physical and mental challenges on the planet, including the 257km Sahara Desert ultra marathon, The Marathon des Sables, rowed solo and unsupported, 5000km across the Atlantic Ocean and has currently climbed 5 of the 7 Summits, a renowned mountaineering feat. Damian’s drive to explore his physical & mental limits is not exclusive to ultra endurance events and he is a multi-time Irish indoor rowing champion, holding all-time, all-category records for the 500m and 1000m distance.

For 25 years Damian has pursued his human potential, relentlessly pushing his body & mind to their perceived limits; forging himself & his character in what he deems “a crucible life”. Damian has shared his unique story, incredible experiences and deep learnings with multinational corporations, tech giants and World class sporting environments including NFL teams and International Rugby XVs.

WHO IS DAMIAN BROWNE?

Damian Browne is an extreme adventurer, peak performance athlete and International keynote speaker from Galway, Ireland.

During a 16-year career as a professional rugby player, Damian donned the colours of some of rugby’s European elite, including Northampton Saints & Leinster; where he won club rugby’s biggest prize, The Heineken Cup.

Since retirement from professional rugby, Damian has become one of the World’s foremost extreme adventurers; undertaking some of the most demanding physical and mental challenges on the planet, including the 257km Sahara Desert ultra marathon, The Marathon des Sables, rowed solo and unsupported, 5000km across the Atlantic Ocean and has currently climbed 5 of the 7 Summits, a renowned mountaineering feat. Damian’s drive to explore his physical & mental limits is not exclusive to ultra endurance events and he is a multi-time Irish indoor rowing champion, holding all-time, all-category records for the 500m and 1000m distance.

For 25 years Damian has pursued his human potential, relentlessly pushing his body & mind to their perceived limits; forging himself & his character in what he deems “a crucible life”. Damian has shared his unique story, incredible experiences and deep learnings with multinational corporations, tech giants and World class sporting environments including NFL teams and International Rugby XVs.

My purpose in life is self actualisation and my goal is , "To live an extraordinary life. A life full of challenge, extremes, learning, courage, growth, reality and fulfillment. Driven by responsibility, integrity and discipline. My life will be my masterpiece” .

My purpose in life is self actualisation and my goal is , "To live an extraordinary life. A life full of challenge, extremes, learning, courage, growth, reality and fulfillment. Driven by responsibility, integrity and discipline. My life will be my masterpiece” .

Work with Damian

SPEAKING
A sought after inspirational speaker, Damian has shared his story and learnings with some of the biggest companies on the planet including; Facebook, PwC, EY and Accenture
IRONMIND INSTITUTE
Extreme physical & psychological challenges while empowering you with the mental tools, strategies & processes to endure and overcome. The hardest thing you’ll ever do.
ADVENTURES
Achieve the extraordinary alongside Damian as he prepares you physically, mentally & technically to experience life at the edge of your capacities and achieve something incredible.

When Damian speaks, people listen.

What he has learned has been ingrained into him on a cellular level, through a lifetime at the coalface, a lifetime of purpose, commitment and survival. His very body stands a patchwork of scars, a reflection of toil and perseverance and a mindset to constantly strive to be better. 

FORMER CLIENTS

Adventure With Damian

High Altitude Mountaineering

High Altitude Mountaineering

Ultra Running

Ultra Running

Adventure Travel

Adventure Travel

Ocean Rowing

Ocean Rowing

FEED YOUR PASSION FOR LEARNING IN 3 MINUTES

Every fortnight I write my free newsletter Always Learning. My aspiration with this newsletter is to bring you as much substance & impact as a 3 minute newsletter can, using the 3 P’s – something to ponder, something to practice and something to pose (to yourself). Enter your email address below to receive it to your inbox. Keep striving for more from yourself.


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FEED YOUR PASSION FOR LEARNING IN 3 MINUTES

Every fortnight I write my free newsletter Always Learning. My aspiration with this newsletter is to bring you as much substance & impact as a 3 minute newsletter can, using the 3 P’s – something to ponder, something to practice and something to pose (to yourself). Enter your email address below to receive it to your inbox. Keep striving for more from yourself.


Damian

DEEP ROOTS PODCAST

My mission with Deep Roots is to share my journey to self realisation through the vehicle of extreme adventures and expeditions. The deepening of oneself through toil and hardship, dreams and purpose, and the pursuit of my physical, mental and emotional edges throughout the four corners of our incredible planet, surrounded and challenged by nature’s wonders.

Produced by BaLore Media

DEEP ROOTS PODCAST

My mission with Deep Roots is to share my journey to self realisation through the vehicle of extreme adventures and expeditions. The deepening of oneself through toil and hardship, dreams and purpose, and the pursuit of my physical, mental and emotional edges throughout the four corners of our incredible planet, surrounded and challenged by nature’s wonders.

Produced by BaLore Media

December 2017, from the side of a marina in a small town in one of Spain’s Canary Islands, Damian shoved Darien, his 7m long, 2m wide ocean rowing boat away, into the unknown. The goal to traverse 5000km of ferocious Atlantic ocean, solo and unsupported. Over the following 63 days he would endure storms, capsizes, Christmas & New Years Day, crippling sea sores & pressure sores, total steering system failure, a close call with a 300m cargo ship, making eye contact with a whale and much more on the incredible adventure few ever get to experience.

Mount Everest standing at 8848 m, is the highest mountain on Earth. In 2021, after one postponement, 3 years of preparations and a whirlwind to make the plane after the birth of his first child, Damian had the privilege to attempt to climb to the top of the world. Season 2 is a story of unexpected challenges, determination and grit told with confronting honesty, inspiring vulnerability and compelling authenticity.

Season 3 of Deep Roots tells the story of Damian and his lifelong friend, Fergus Farrell’s attempt to row 3000 miles across the unforgiving North Atlantic Ocean from New York to Galway. 
In what must be a world first, delivering a podcast live from the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, Damian recounts the extraordinary story of his epic 112 day expedition through daily dispatches from his “valiant steed”, Cushlamachree. 
From stalking sharks, ferocious storms, deep despair, rogue waves, violent capsizes, exposing loneliness, broken oars, curious whales, 100s of miles backwards, a medical evacuation & a crash landing, this is a story like no other, told with heart, openness and a will to never stop.

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