Mark Pollock

Explorer & Collaborator

Mark Pollock is an amazing Adventurer Athlete who became suddenly blind at age 22 due to detached retina and went on to win Bronze and Silver medals at the Commonwealth Games in 2002 and ran 6 marathons in 7 days across the Gobi desert. He went on to become the first blind man to race to the South Pole. However, just weeks before his wedding in July 2010 he fell out of two storey window, suffered a brain injury and became paralyzed. He now has a robotic exoskeleton and is training for a marathon. His story is very inspiring one of a man who has persevered and triumphed despite all odds.

All Sessions by Mark Pollock

  • Day 2

    Dec 6, 2017

  • 18:00
    Mark Pollock helps people achieve more than they thought possible. It is tough to deliver world class performance. Your people won’t do it by chance. With a high-­impact catalyst you can help them act with the courage to make it happen. Mark Pollock is that catalyst. Unbroken by blindness in 1998, Mark went on to compete in ultra endurance races across deserts, mountains, and the polar ice caps including being the first blind person to race to the South Pole. He also won silver and bronze medals for rowing at the Commonwealth Games. In 2010 Mark was left paralysed after falling from a second story window. He is now exploring the frontiers of spinal cord injury recovery combining an innovative electrical stimulator over his spinal cord and a drug super-­charging his nervous system whilst walking hundreds of thousands of steps as the world’s leading test pilot of Ekso Bionic robotic legs. Cocktail Reception: 18:00 Mark Pollock presentation: 18:30 Dinner to follow
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