This document discusses various sports and activities enjoyed by visually impaired individuals including cycling, rowing, running, hiking, and tandem cycling. It provides examples of clubs that organize events for these activities and mentions several accomplished visually impaired athletes such as a cyclist who competed in the Paralympics, a rower who medaled in world championships, and blind runners and hikers who have achieved long distance feats using techniques adapted for their visual impairment.

2. • VISUALLY IMPAIRED PEOPLE ENJOY CYCLING
IN MANY PARTS OF THE GLOBE
• THERE ARE VARIOUS CLUBS THAT RUN
MULTI-DAY RALLIES FOR TANDEMS
• SOME CLUBS ALSO OFTEN RAISE MONEY
FOR VARIOUS CHARITIES FOR BLIND
AWARENESS

3. • BORN IN 1981, DIAGNOSED WITH DEGENERATIVE
MACULAR DYSTROPHY AT 9
• ONLY 19 WHEN SHE WENT TO 2000 PARALYMPICS
• HER FAVORITE CAPTAIN IS LISA TURNBULL
• SHE STILL RACES AND PROMOTES TANDEM RIDING
FOR THE PARTIALLY SIGHTED AND BLIND

4. • IT’S ONE OF THE FEW SPORTS WHERE THE VISUALLY
IMPAIRED CAN COMPETE WITH SIGHTED ATHLETES ON
EQUAL FOOTING
• Sue Buckley, PRESIDENT OF CLUB VIBES IN KNOXVILLE,
USA SAYS EYESIGHT IS NOT NECESSARILY AN ASSET
• ORRA [OAK RIDE ROWING ASSOCIATION] BELIEVES IN
THE SENSE OF HEARING PRIMARILY TO LISTEN TO THE
WATER
• ROWING GIVES PARTICIPANTS LOW IMPACT BODY
WORKOUT
• IT CAN ALSO HELP BOOST MORALE AND CONFIDENCE

5. • SHE ACHIEVED GOLD IN WORLD ROWING
CHAMPIONSHIPS NZ AND COMPETED IN BEIJING
OLYMPICS 2008 FOR CANADA
• SHE RETIRED IN 2012
• HER DIAGNOSED RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA TOOK
HER SIGHT BEGINNING AT 18 YEARS OF AGE
• SHE HOLDS A MASTERS DEGREE IN EDUCATION
AND SPECIAL COGNITIVE SCIENCE
• SHE’S ALSO A MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKER AND
TRAVELS WITH GUIDE DOG NOLAN

6. • THIS SPORT IS A GREAT WAY FOR
VISUALLY IMPAIRED ATHLETES TO
CONTINUE LIFELONG PASSION OR
START A NEW ONE
• USUAL RUNNING IS MADE WITH A
GUIDE, TAKING HOLD OF EACH END
AND BOOST COMMUNICATION
• IT’S IMPORTANT THAT GUIDES ARE
STRONGER RUNNERS
• BLIND RUNNERS PREFER TO RUN
BEHIND IN NARROW GAPS

7.  Here are some running techniques for blind
runners from the official YouTube page of
the National Federation of the Blind:

8.  LEGALLY BLIND SINCE 17 DUE TO RP OR RETINA
PIGMENTOSA. COMPLETELY LOST SIGHT AT 28.
 SIMON BEGAN RUNNING AT FOOTBALL FIELDS THEN ON
CLOSED ROADS
 HE USES APP RUN KEEPER AND FEEL OF YELLOW LINES
UNDER HIS FEET TO INFORM HIM OF HIS DISTANCE AND
PACE
 HIS JOURNEY HAS BEEN DETAILED COMPREHENSIVELY
FROM BOSTON TO NYC
 HE RAN 83 MILES OF THE 100 MILE COTSWOLDS RACE
UNAIDED
 HE HAS RECENTLY SCALED MT. KILIMANJARO IN 2014
 HE IS ALSO A POWERFUL MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKER

9.  BLIND HIKER MOTIVATION TREVOR THOMAS IS
AN ADRENALIN JUNKIE WHO WAS DECLARED
LEGALLY BLIND AT 35
 AFTER BOUTS OF DEPRESSION, HE BOUNCED
BACK AND CONQUERED THE APPALACHIAN TRAIL
WHERE 80% OF HIKERS FAIL; HE SUCCEEDED
 HE IS JOINED BY HIS EQUALLY POPULAR GUIDE
DOG, TENILLE
 HE FOUNDED TEAM FAR SIGHT FOUNDATION IN
2014 TO EMPOWER PEOPLE LIKE HIM TO TAKE UP
HIKING DESPITE BEING VISUALLY IMPAIRED