It’s not easy being an athlete, right? How about making an Olympic team? That’s tricky, huh? OK, now try making your way to the Vancouver games as a cross-country skiier while being almost totally blind:
Blind Olympic Skiier Makes Vancouver Games
↵Canada’s Brian McKeever, a cross-country skier, has been named to his country’s team despite having less than 10 percent vision as a result of Stargardt’s disease. The disease, a form of macular degeneration, causes progressive vision loss.
↵(For the record, we do not advise closing your eyes on your next trip down a snowbunny trail just to see what this feels like.)
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