Dan Berlin makes history a second time!
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On October 14, 2015, Team See Possibilities made history as guides Charles Scott and Alison Qualter Berna, and Brad Graff guided Daniel Berlin the entire length of the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu in 13 hours. Starting at 4:30 am, we were under tremendous time pressure as we needed to make it to the final checkpoint by 4 pm or be forced to spend the night 3 miles from the end. We made the checkpoint at 3:58 pm, and we were allowed to continue to Machu Picchu, where we arrived for sunset around 6 pm. It was a very profound and spiritual experience as we had all of Machu Picchu to ourselves for about an hour (all tourists have to leave by 5:30pm). We had special permission from the Peruvian government to start early and finish late... made possible by our sponsor, Intrepid Travel. The trail run was 26 miles long, starting at 9,000 feet, including 3 passes, the highest of which was ~14,000 feet. Most significantly, the trail was extremely treacherous with thousands of steps. The team was required to come up with new guiding techniques. |
CHECK OUT WHAT THE PRESS HAD TO SAY BELOW!
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On July 4, 2009, Dan Berlin, out of shape and feeling depressed about the growing list of things he couldn't do as he lost his vision to rod-cone dystrophy, started to run...
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"People aren’t used to seeing a highly-functioning blind or disabled individual traveling, so I’m able to challenge the perception of people in different countries.”
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A Colorado man has become the first blind athlete to run the historic Inca Trail to Machu Picchu in under a day. Dan Berlin called it his "most challenging feat."
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"If they wanted to make history... the team of runners was going to have to move faster."
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"Blind Runner Completes 26-Mile Inca Trail - Dan Berlin became the first blind person to run the length of the 26- mile Inca Trail in Peru, according to a press release by travel company Intrepid Travel. With three teammates — Charles Scott, Alison Qualter Berna, and Brad Graff—Berlin finished the route to Machu Picchu in 13 hours..."
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!How would you respond if you lost your vision? Would you decide to make history?
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Blind Athlete Runs Inca Trail to Machu Picchu in 13 Hours: Dan Berlin became the first blind athlete to run the iconic trail in Peru in a single day...
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Blind athlete Dan Berlin just took on and conquered the seemingly impossible—hiking the Inca Trail nonstop in less than a day.
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"Con motivo de conmemorarse el Día Nacional de las personas con discapacidad, el Consejo Nacional de Integración de la Persona con Discapacidad (CONADIS) y el Fondo de las Naciones Unidas para la Infancia (UNICEF), organizaron un conversatorio entre el atleta norteamericano Dan Berlin y los niños y niñas del colegio Luis Braille en Comas."
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