JAHAMA Highland Estates

9 February, 2022

INSPIRATIONAL Scottish athlete and adventurer Karen Darke – a two-time Paralympics medal winner – has been named as this year’s recipient of a top award from the Fort William Mountain Festival.

She is the 15th winner of the Scottish Award for Excellence in Mountain Culture, sponsored by JAHAMA Highland Estates.

As well as being an athlete, Inverness-based Darke is an author, global speaker, transformational coach and an adventure mindset coach.

She won gold at Rio 2016, silver in London 2012 and became the European Paratriathlon Champion in 2014. Darke is also an international adventurer and lives life as a modern-day “alchemist” – passionate about turning challenge into opportunity and transforming the difficult stuff into “gold”.