---
title: "Paralyzed Man Walks More Than 100 Miles in Powered Exoskeleton"
description: "Simon Kindleysides, who's paralyzed from the waist down, walked over 100 miles in a powered exoskeleton during February to raise money for the NHS."
date: "2021-03-01"
modified: "2021-03-01"
authors:
  - name: "Dan Robitzski"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/danrobitzski"
url: "https://futurism.com/neoscope/paralyzed-man-walks-100-miles-powered-exoskeleton"
categories:
  - "Health & Medicine"
  - "Medical"
  - "RX and Medicine"
tags:
  - "exoskeleton"
  - "health"
  - "medicine"
---

# Paralyzed Man Walks More Than 100 Miles in Powered Exoskeleton

![Simon Kindleysides, who's paralyzed from the waist down, walked over 100 miles in a powered exoskeleton during February to raise money for the NHS.](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/paralyzed-man-walks-100-miles-powered-exoskeleton.jpg>)
*\<em\>Image: Simon Kindleysides\</em\>*

Over the month of February, a man named Simon Kindleysides walked a total of 112 miles despite being utterly paralyzed from the waist down.

Kindleysides, who used a robotic exoskeleton to run the London Marathon back in 2018, once again donned the assistive device to raise money for the UK's National Health Service, *[BBC News ](<https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-norfolk-56239591>)*[r](<https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-norfolk-56239591>)[eports](<https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-norfolk-56239591>).

The robotic exoskeleton [restored his ability to walk](<https://futurism.com/neoscope/paralyzed-man-runs-marathon-robotic-exoskeleton>). Every day of the month, he would strap it on and travel about four miles while using hand-held poles to maintain his balance.

Kindleysides endured a great deal of pain during the fundraiser — he told the *BBC* that he was "really struggling" to complete Thursday's walk due to ongoing neuropathic pain, for instance. But the four-mile walks were limited by the exoskeleton, not by Kindleysides. That's just about how far he could go before the robotic legs' batteries needed to be charged, which made for a pretty logical stopping point.

Over the course of the month, Kindleysides raised over $16,700 (£12,000) for the NHS, which the *BBC* reports will go toward an intensive care unit and operating theater for children. That said, Kindleysides is relieved that he gets to take a break for a while before attempting his next challenge.

"I'm very happy that it's all done," he told *BBC News*.

## Author
Dan Robitzki is a senior reporter for Futurism, where he likes to cover AI, tech ethics, and medicine. He spends his extra time fencing and streaming games from Los Angeles, California.

### Author social links  
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