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Unbreakable "The Mark Pollack Story"

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  • 22-12-2014 11:37pm
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    Royal Legend
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    Amazing man, to do what he did while blind, but to continue while paralysed unreal.

    One question, who pays for all the adventure races, is he a Bruce Wayne type character or is he being sponsored as a way of highlighting disabilities?


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    Agent Coulson
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    Royal Legend wrote: »
    Amazing man, to do what he did while blind, but to continue while paralysed unreal.

    One question, who pays for all the adventure races is he a Bruce Wayne type character or is he being sponsored as a way of highlighting disabilities?

    Motivational speaking tours make him money and sponsorships


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    kneemos
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    What's with the throwing out names lately without bothering to give an idea of who the hell it is?


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    heldel00
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    He's an amazing man and so is his fiancée. If that show doesn't get us all up of our lazy arses and out living life then I don't know what will


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    NotASheeple
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    kneemos wrote: »
    What's with the throwing out names lately without bothering to give an idea of who the hell it is?



    I also hadn't a clue who the OP was talking about. I suspect showing a bit of courtesy would kill some people.


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    Dr. Mantis Toboggan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,278 ✭✭✭Dr. Mantis Toboggan


    heldel00 wrote: »
    He's an amazing man and so is his fiancée.
    Two great men!


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    heldel00
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    Dr. Mantis Toboggan wrote: »
    Two great men!

    ???


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    heldel00
    Registered Users Posts: 1,832 ✭✭✭heldel00


    Get ya now.
    Edit -he is amazing and so is his fiancée.
    (I'm on the red wine. Sure it's Christmas!)


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    Canis Lupus
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    Is he another boxer from Limerick?


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    Larianne
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    Blind adventurer (first blind person to make it to the South Pole). He's a motivational speaker.

    He became paralyzed a couple of years back after falling from 2nd floor of a building.

    The 'Run In the Dark' is in aid of his charity, I think.


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    My name is URL
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    NotASheeple wrote: »
    I also hadn't a clue who the OP was talking about. I suspect showing a bit of courtesy would kill some people.

    So would using Google, apparently


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    Son Of A Vidic
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    My name is URL wrote: »
    So would using Google, apparently

    It's always nice when an OP, actually bothers to provide links to the subject matter of a thread they themselves start.


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    Gael23
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    Really powerful and inspiring film.
    He also made reference to some more personal aspects of paralysis that most of us may not think of such as lack of bladder and bowel control as well as inability to have a normal sex life.


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    Fr_Dougal
    Registered Users Posts: 9,167 ✭✭✭Fr_Dougal


    heldel00 wrote: »
    He's an amazing man and so is his fiancée. If that show doesn't get us all up of our lazy arses and out living life then I don't know what will

    I dunno, I'd rather be a lazy arse and not blind and paralysed tbh.


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    kneemos
    Registered Users Posts: 20,409 ✭✭✭✭kneemos


    heldel00 wrote: »
    He's an amazing man and so is his fiancée. If that show doesn't get us all up of our lazy arses and out living life then I don't know what will

    I've never been "Inspired" by inspirational people,doubt anybody has.
    Nice little phrase though,slightly patronising but hay.


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