Outside of Skreslet's achievements of being the first Canadian to climb Mount Everest he is a motivational speaker and has presented 1500 presentations throughout the world. In July 2001 Skreslet published To the Top of Everest, which won two awards- Canadian best seller and Children's Choice 2004. In 2007 Skreslet's movie The Climb was released which helped convey that personal commitment, teamwork, preparation, planning, and dedication to excellence was the key to success on Everest. He has had forty five high altitude expeditions-including over thirty expeditions to Mt. Aconcagua in Argentina, highest peak in the Western Hemisphere. He is a certified ACMG guide - Association of Canadian Mountain Guides. He also helped organize a team in 1986 which allowed Sharon Wood became to become first woman in the Western hemisphere to summit Everest. As a motivational speaker, Skreslet has been engaged by over 500 companies (Venues-Canadian Life, Sprint, Agriculture, Food and Rural Revitalization, Novartis, Fidelity Investments, DuPont, etc.) also has been involved with over 2000 organizations, touching the lives of over 500,000 people. A message that he is always conveys in his speeches is that everyone has their own mountain of endeavor to climb. Skreslet also accompanied former Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Elliot Trudeau on his south Asian tour as well as on his 28-day Arctic tour.