Daunted Courage:
Thank you to everyone who came out to the Daunted Courage book reading! What a great turnout, and I loved the
energy in the room. Special thanks to Affinia Hotels, especially Jess Parker,
for hosting the event. I’ve posted some photos below.
My 8-year-old daughter Saya decided to steal the show. At
one point, as I was reading excerpts from the book, she sat on the stool beside
me making faces and copying my gestures in a silly, exaggerated way. Yes, she was disruptive, but I love
that girl and her feisty personality.
Machu Picchu:
I’m flying to Peru today as part of Team See Possibilities.
Made up of the blind runner Dan Berlin and his three guides (Alison Qualter
Berna, Brad Graff and I), we take on major endurance challenges around the
world linked to charitable causes. After successfully guiding Dan Berlin last
year to become the first blind runner to cross the Grand Canyon rim to rim to
rim nonstop, our next challenge is Machu Picchu! Typically a four-day hike,
we’re going to attempt to climb the Inca Trail to the historic site of Machu
Picchu nonstop in less than a day. If successful, it will be the first time a
blind person has accomplished that feat.
We’re sponsored by Intrepid Travel, UNICEF, Smart Wool, and
Altra Running, and we’re raising money for the Blind Institute of Technology,
which teaches companies how to integrate vision-impaired employees. Intrepid –
an innovative travel company that focuses on experiential travel – is handling
our on-the-ground logistics and costs, and embedding a videographer to capture
footage of our trek. UNICEF has arranged for us to meet with vision-impaired students
at a school in Lima and with government officials working on behalf of children
with disabilities.
We’re also being supported by the renowned ultra runner Scott
Jurek. Most people learned about Scott in the best selling book Born to Run, which describes Scott’s
many remarkable exploits. He’s one of the greatest ultra runners ever and also a
very cool person. Here's a photo of Scott and Dan on a recent training run.
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