Brother Stacy Taniguchi is a BYU professor of Experience Design and Management. He is known for his captivating stories, and is a sought-after wilderness guide. With a BYU colleague, Brother Taniguchi runs culture-building experiences for corporations, high-net families, students, and at-risk youth. His research and consulting work focuses on self-actualization, specifically in wilderness settings. And he has endless gripping tales to back it up.

What are some of his favorite adventures? Falling from the sky (jumping out of several airplanes). Climbing El Capitan, the 3,000-foot granite wall in Yosemite National Park, or the vertical face of Yosemite’s Half Dome. He’s made more than 30 attempts on Denali, 16 of them summits (one NBC Nightly News covered on air live). Then there are all the times he’s defied death — coming down Mt. Everest, being tracked by wolves, kayaking over a humpback whale in the Arctic.

In addition to his world experience, Brother Taniguchi is a faithful member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and a deeply spiritual disciple of the Savior. He has had, like all of us, many roles in life: consultant, guide, father, teacher, professor, speaker, bishop, high councilor. Through all of them, he has found soul-stretching experiences are the best teachers, helping us to face and conquer whatever challenges loom before us. We might fail, he argues, but “once your layers are peeled back, you begin to realize who you are — who you really are: your strengths, your weaknesses, your potentials… You learn about yourself.”

We hope you’ll come join us for an unforgettable evening of story-telling and self-learning that very well could change your life.