If You Fall

A book about the power of the human spirit to never give hope of future adventoures.

Karen’s adventure story takes you from the brink of death to handcycling the heights of the Himalayas…to the rusty knife of a Brazilian spirit surgeon. It is a story not just of climbing and courage, but one of inner journeying and spirituality. Out of Karen’s wound comes a strength to embrace the challenge and transform it into an opportunity to learn and grow from.

I know this book’s not by me (it’s by my girlfriend), but it’s a very good read

Karen's captivating story shines a bright light on the meaning of exploration, and on the limitless capabilities of the human spirit." Ranulph Fiennes, explorer "Karen Darke has overcome the restrictions of injuries that would have broken many others and discovered a life of challenge and adventure that most of us only dream about.Joe Simpson
Andy Kirkpatrick

The US magazine Climbing once described Andy as a climber with a “strange penchant for the long, the cold and the difficult”, with a reputation “for seeking out routes where the danger is real, and the return is questionable, pushing himself on some of the hardest walls and faces in the Alps and beyond, sometimes with partners and sometimes alone.”

More succinctly, Metro magazine claims that he “makes Ray Mears look like Paris Hilton”

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Nice little film about Vanessa François, who wants to climb El Cap this year (I lent her the gear that Karen and Phil Packer used on their climbs).  If you want to help her then send any dontions via paypal to francoisvanessa00@gmail.com. ... Read more
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El Cap with Phil Packer

In 2009 I helped Major Phil Packer climbed El Cap, helping him to hit his target of one million pounds for Help for Heroes.

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