Thankyou Avinashji for the article
such a very interesting,
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Subject: [AI] Visually impaired man treks to Pole
Visually impaired man treks to Pole
Published on Tuesday 10 January 2012 12:33
An adventurer from Somerset has become the first visually impaired
person to trek to the South Pole.
Amateur explorer Alan Lock, 31, battled howling winds, snow
white-outs, temperatures as low as minus 35C (minus 31F), and a diet
consisting of dehydrated food packs and chunks of butter to complete
the nearly 600-mile trek from the coast of Antarctica to the Pole on
January 3 after 39 days.
Mr Lock, who lost his sight to macular degeneration in just six weeks
while training as a Royal Navy officer nine years ago, dragged a sled
weighing 9st 4lb (60kg) harnessed to his waist - and all with severely
limited vision.
A picture was released on Monday after the team made it back to their
camp following the trek, which started on November 22 last year. The
trek has raised £15,000 so far for the Sightsavers charity, which aids
blind people in the developing world, and San Francisco-based Guide
Dogs for the Blind.
Speaking after he arrived at the South Pole, Mr Lock said: "It feels
amazing to have made it to the South Pole, what an adventure.
"The high point is having the opportunity to make this expedition in
the first place. Reaching the Pole, having been only one of a handful
of people to have ever walked here, is a fantastic experience."
Telecoms worker Mr Lock, from Clevedon, Somerset, undertook the Polar
Vision Trek accompanied by two sighted team-mates Andrew Jensen and
Richard Smith, whom he met while studying for an MBA in the United
States, plus guide Hannah McKean.
But since losing his sight, he has completed 10 marathons, including
the 151-mile Marathon Des Sables in the Sahara Desert.
He has been to a number of mountain summits including the highest
mountain in Europe, Mount Elbrus, and in 2008 Mr Lock set a Guinness
World Record when he became the first visually impaired person to row
across the Atlantic Ocean.
The Polar Vision team underwent intensive training that included a
camp in Iqaluit, Canada, where they spent a week traversing the ice
pack near the Arctic Circle on skis, and dragging tyres attached to
their waists along beaches and parks back home to develop the muscles
needed to pull the sleds.
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secondary source:
http://www.stamfordmercury.co.uk/news/visually_impaired_man_treks_to_pole_1_3401631#
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"The best things and most beautiful things in the world Cannot be seen
or even touched. They must be felt within the heart." — Helen Keller
Avinash Shahi
M.A. Political Science
CPS JNU
New Delhi India
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