I was just watching Top Gear and they mentioned that the Dakar Race2Recovery team a had finished the Rally! These folks are an inspiration and an embodiment of the principles of "Never surrender and never give up!"
http://www.race2recovery.com/
http://www.inmarsat.com/corporate/media-centre/press-releases/inmarsat-supports-race2recovery-to-become-first-disabled-team-to-complete-the-infamous-dakar-rally
All we have to fight is the intransigence of a sulky corporation.