Karen Darke is a powerhouse of an adventurer, athlete and inspiration. After becoming paralysed from the chest down following a climbing accident at the age of 21, Karen went on to achieve incredible feats of endurance, performance and bravery; Climbing Monte Blanc, Matterhorn and El Capitan. Skiing across Greenland. Hand cycled, skied and swam the length of Japan. Has won Paralympic silver in 2012 and gold in 2016. In 2017 was awarded the MBE for services to sport. She has written three books and founded Quest 79, a global campaign to help others find their inner gold through challenges and adventure culminating with the Pole Of Possibility in 2022 where she plans to reach lat/long 79 in Antartica, the final continent left for her to traverse.