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Monday, October 10, 2005
Jungle Fever and Monkey Magic
A new BBC television show challenges 11 people with disabilities to cross Nicaragua from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Amar Latif, who has retinitis pigmentosa and is registered blind, participated in the show, describing some of his experiences to BBC News:
The four-part series, called Beyond Boundaries, will begin on BBC Two on Tuesday, 11 October, at 9pm BST.
Koichiro Kobayashi is a Japanese rock climber who has retinitis pigmentosa. Kobayashi has started a non-profit organisation to help other people with vision impairments participate in sports. The group is called Monkey Magic.
"One of the magical moments was when we first arrived in the jungle.
"It was about 5pm and it suddenly got dark and then for the first time we could hear all around us these insects and birds, the whole jungle came to life.
"I was completely in awe of nature, sleeping in hammocks with the air blowing around me."
'Crossing the jungle in a wheelchair' (BBC News Health, 8 October 2005).
The four-part series, called Beyond Boundaries, will begin on BBC Two on Tuesday, 11 October, at 9pm BST.
Koichiro Kobayashi is a Japanese rock climber who has retinitis pigmentosa. Kobayashi has started a non-profit organisation to help other people with vision impairments participate in sports. The group is called Monkey Magic.
Kobayashi said visually impaired people could excel at rock climbing because they can feel their way up the wall with their hands, moving as slow or fast as they like, but remain safe due to a lifeline.
"Free climbing doesn't need special rules for the handicapped," Kobayashi said. "Some people learn faster than those who are not handicapped."
'Visually impaired climber gives everyone lift' (The Daily Yomiuri, 10 October 2005).
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