Karie Lee Knoke called SSC asking about a women’s fitness special. She said she needed to gain about 30 pounds and get a lot stronger. When pressed on why, she asked for an NDA.
She was preparing for Season 9 of Alone — 75 days solo in Labrador, a 50-pound recurve bow she could barely draw, a blizzard that lasted three days in November, and a final decision she had to make twice because the first time the lighting wasn’t good enough.
She came in second. She came home at 90 pounds. It took two years for her full self to come back.
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