Arabella Green was told she would spend her life in a wheelchair after being born with a rare condition called Arthrogryposis Multiplex Congenita. But after weeks of intensive therapy and surgery at the Paley European Institute in Warsaw, the six-year-old was able to take the first steps in her life.
Łukasz Wawrzyniak and Urszula Kujawka from the Wawrzynteam running group, will spend 24 hours running continuously on a route near the Wielka Sowa mountain, the highest point of the Owl Mountains range in the Central Sudetes in South-western Poland.
The wheelchair, with one wheel, a bucket-like seat and four grip-holds to help move it up the mountain, came to the attention of officials at the Tatra Mountains National Park after an employee launched a crowdfunding campaign to buy one for her disabled sister.
Maciej Kamiński and Michał Woroch are back on the road, to complete their epic journey across the Americas.
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