The Eyes Free Sports Podcast: Ep. 28 - Skiing for the Blind with Ski for Light

In Episode 28 of the Eyes Free Sports podcast, Tim McCorkle of Ski for Light, Inc. joins the conversation to speak about:

• Growing up in Juneau, Alaska and the winter sports he learned to love as a youngster, especially cross-country skiing
• Being diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa, a degenerative retinal condition
• Jobs he has had working in accounting and finance
• How he discovered Ski for Light, Inc. and got involved in cross-country skiing as a blind individual
• The history of the Ski for Light organization and how it was born out of an effort from a blind musician in Norway in the 1950s
• How the ski guides are trained and what information they verbally provide to help blind skiers navigate the terrain on which they are skiing
• The weeklong Ski for Light international event held annually since 1975
• How a location is identified for the Ski for Light international events
• The 2021 virtual Ski for Light event being held from Jan. 27-30, 2021
• His experience skiing at the Ridderrennet (“Knights race” in English”) event in Beitostolen, Norway in 2014
• How skiing has benefited his orientation and mobility to be a better independent blind traveler
  
  Learn more about Ski for Light, Inc. at http://www.sfl.org. Check out their Facebook page at http://facebook.com/skiforlight and follow Ski for Light on Twitter at http://twitter.com/skiforlight.