Tarka and Katie-Jane L'Herpiniere
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'Both Sides of the Story'is a new dual talk by Tarka, an established motivational speaker, and Katie-Jane. This is a unique opportunity to be captivated and entertained by TWO perspectives of one of the greatest journeys along the Great Wall of China ever undertaken. This sensationally acclaimed talk not only paints a vivid picture of their journey across China but also portrays their ordeals from opposing vantage points; both as man and woman and experience versus inexperience.
In 2006 an unforeseeable sequence of events led a commercial model from Devon to forsake her makeup, acrylic nails and high heels to join her partner Tarka on an epic 4500km, 6 month journey, along the Great Wall of China. Tarka L'Herpiniere (26), already an experienced expeditionist with Polar and Everest Expeditions under his belt, had spent the previous year training for and completing his latest World First. This time however, he had his partner Katie-Jane Cooper to contend with. With no previous experience Katie-Jane (28), who had been working as a commercial model, undertook a staggering lifestyle transformation; leaving behind her old ways and swapping her high heels for walking boots
Last year they became the FIRST people to trek continually along the entire length of the Great Wall, from its most Westerly point to its most Easterly. The pair trekked over 107 consecutive marathons, over terrains ranging from the barren planes of the Gobi Desert to towering snow capped mountain passes, carrying a third of their body weight on their backs! How did Katie-Jane achieve the colossal change from working as a commercial model in a world of diets and vanity, to hardened adventurer: surviving blizzards, temperatures of -35, frost bite, starvation, exhaustion and dehydration?
The talk is incredibly flexible and with years of experience speaking they are able to encompass a huge variety of underlying themes and topics, to include overcoming adversity, inspirational, motivation, and teamwork. However, the most common essence of the talk, is that no matter how impossible the task ahead seems especially when others doubt your ability, with a little self belief, perseverance, teamwork, planning, preparation and if you are bold enough to begin, then ordinary people can achieve extra-ordinary accomplishments. All of this is portrayed through an interactive, informative and enthusiastic multimedia presentation
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