Along with her brother Simon, Mike Christie and Andy Kirkpatrick, Karen spent a week in Norway, testing the effectiveness of a special snow-handbike against that of a cross country sit-ski. Image by Andrew Kirkpatrick , courtesy Andrew Kirkpatrick , http://andy-kirkpatrick.com/
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(Press release) Paralympic silver medal winning handcyclist and Berghaus athlete Karen Darke has completed the latest stage of preparation for her planned expedition to be the first paraplegic to reach the South Pole from the edge of Antarctica under her own steam. Darke, along with her brother Simon, Mike Christie and Andy Kirkpatrick, spent a week on the Hardangervidda Plateau in Norway, testing the effectiveness of a special snow-handbike against that of a cross country sit-ski. Pole of Possibility is Karen Darke's long planned adventure, a 1000km journey from the edge of the Antarctic continental...
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