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    Oct 31, 2018 3 minutes

    Driven by passion

    THIS YEAR’S AWARD winners are a truly amazing collection of individuals. We have three courageous adventurers who refused to be beaten by injury and illness and soldiered on to achieve goals that would challenge even the fittest of the fit among the rest of us. Syd Kirkby didn’t let childhood polio dampen his adventurous spirit back in those pioneering days in Antarctica. Steve Plain and Paul Pritchard came back from life-changing accidents to conquer mountains. Also flying in the face

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