Rosie Stancer is the embodiment of the idea that with self-belief, motivation and application, anyone can push themselves beyond their perceived limitations and achieve the extraordinary.
Personality Profile – Rosie Stancer, The Japan Times online (Japan)
April 30th, 2005
Only three women have ever on their own reached the South Pole. The first was a Norwegian skier. The second was a Briton, who covered the requisite 1,123 km in 42 days, a record that stands. The third was Rosie Stancer, also a Briton and the eldest of the three when at 43 she trekked solo in one of the world’s remotest, harshest environments. Hauling her sledge and dependent entirely on herself, she completed the distance in 44 days, the second-fastest time. She described herself as “bewitched.”
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