With all the odds stacked against her, one must question why someone as underprepared as our young author would take on this challenge.
In addition to coping with some inner parts of herself undergoing a bit of examination, Prior-Palmer suffered some of the misfortunes that were visited on other contestants: bruises, dehydration, being tossed from her mount, having to get help retrieving it, becoming ill on the for her six-day race.