| Lecturer |
Tarka & Katie-Jane L'Herpiniere |
 
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| Date & time |
03/11/2010 19:30 |
| Ticket Price |
tbc |
| Venue |
Chemistry Theatre, University of Bristol |
| Synopsis |
In 167 days and over 4500km Katie-Jane and Tarka became the first to walk the entire length of the Great Wall of China from its most westerly terminus to its most easterly, making an award-winning documentary en-route. For Katie-Jane, the transition from her previous life as a fashion model was extreme, she made the transition from high-heels on the catwalk to blizzards, temperatures of -35°C, frost bite, starvation, exhaustion and dehydration. Travelling through the Gobi Desert and the sub-zero temperatures of the mountains, the journey was the equivalent to over 100 consecutive marathons with a third of their body weight on their backs. |
| Profile |
When professional model Katie-Jane met Tarka, an experienced mountaineer and polar explorer, no one could have imagined the dramatic life-change Katie-Jane was about make. They were complete opposites. Tarka had grown up in the French Alps and was passionate about adventure and taking on near-impossible challenges. Katie-Jane had been a body-double for Cameron Diaz and had conquered the catwalk. Somehow, romance bloomed and to everyone's amazement, just a few months later, Katie-Jane agreed to a major six-month expedition with Tarka.
http://www.primaljourney.com/
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