Karen's captivating story shines a bright light on the meaning of challenge, and on the limitless capabilities of the human spirit.
- Sir Ranulph Fiennes, polar explorer
In 2006 Karen Darke completed an incredible journey across the Greenland ice cap, covering a distance of over 600km, and taking almost a month. This was the second paraplegic crossing on the Greenland, and the first by a woman.
In 1997, four years after Karen was paralysed in a climbing, Karen proved many doughters wrong by hand biking over the Hymalias, a two month trip that covered 1200 miles.
In 1999 Karen completed the 1000 mile inside passage route from the Canada to Alaska.
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