Episode 9 - Jesse Dufton
10/04/21 • 22 min
In the final episode of series one, Emma talks to Jesse Dufton who is a blind rock climber. He is the first blind person to lead climb the Old Man of Hoy, which is the focus of Alastair Lee’s multi award winning documentary ‘Climbing Blind'. You can watch a trailer for the documentary here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcB39nBSv3Y
In their conversation, Emma and Jesse discuss his diagnosis of Retinitis Pigmentosa (RP) and rod-cone dystrophy which is a genetic condition. He was born with approximately 20% of central vision and has no peripheral vision. Despite this, Jesse has been climbing from the age of 2 with the help of his father. Jesse talks about the difference between indoor and outdoor climbing as well as the vital roles of the ‘leader’ climber and ‘second’ climber. Jesse also touches on his use of 3D mental mapping which helps him visualise his surrounds when ascending.
You can rent the documentary 'Climbing Blind' as mentioned Emma and Jesse's conversation, here: https://vimeo.com/ondemand/climbingblind/361804553
You can also find out more about Jesse and his upcoming climbs at his website: https://jessedufton.com/
This episode was recorded remotely in June 2020.
Do feel free to get in touch with the team with feedback or future guest suggestions by emailing [email protected]
Interviewed by Emma Martins
Produced & Edited by Michael Wordingham and Rupert Mountjoy
Podcast artwork by Jimmy Scofield
Website: www.jimmyscofield.com
Contact: [email protected]
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Intro music is "Ghost Byzantine" by Blue Dot Sessions, licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial License via the Free Music Archive.
Interlude and Outro music is "Dead River" by Blue Dot Sessions, licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial License via the Free Music Archive
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In the final episode of series one, Emma talks to Jesse Dufton who is a blind rock climber. He is the first blind person to lead climb the Old Man of Hoy, which is the focus of Alastair Lee’s multi award winning documentary ‘Climbing Blind'. You can watch a trailer for the documentary here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcB39nBSv3Y
In their conversation, Emma and Jesse discuss his diagnosis of Retinitis Pigmentosa (RP) and rod-cone dystrophy which is a genetic condition. He was born with approximately 20% of central vision and has no peripheral vision. Despite this, Jesse has been climbing from the age of 2 with the help of his father. Jesse talks about the difference between indoor and outdoor climbing as well as the vital roles of the ‘leader’ climber and ‘second’ climber. Jesse also touches on his use of 3D mental mapping which helps him visualise his surrounds when ascending.
You can rent the documentary 'Climbing Blind' as mentioned Emma and Jesse's conversation, here: https://vimeo.com/ondemand/climbingblind/361804553
You can also find out more about Jesse and his upcoming climbs at his website: https://jessedufton.com/
This episode was recorded remotely in June 2020.
Do feel free to get in touch with the team with feedback or future guest suggestions by emailing [email protected]
Interviewed by Emma Martins
Produced & Edited by Michael Wordingham and Rupert Mountjoy
Podcast artwork by Jimmy Scofield
Website: www.jimmyscofield.com
Contact: [email protected]
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Intro music is "Ghost Byzantine" by Blue Dot Sessions, licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial License via the Free Music Archive.
Interlude and Outro music is "Dead River" by Blue Dot Sessions, licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial License via the Free Music Archive
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Previous Episode
Episode 8 - Gareth Davies
In this penultimate episode of series one, Emma talks to Gareth Davies who is from Cardiff and currently works for the RNIB. Gareth was diagnosed with Retinitis Pigmentosa (RP) at the age of 20 and in recent years has lost a lot of his vision. They discuss Gareth's love of rugby and how finding a visually impaired rugby team was hugely important for him. They also discuss his journey in accepting his eyesight and how counselling really supported this and the power of asking for help.
You can read one of Gareth's RNIB health blogs from lockdown at https://www.rnib.org.uk/wales-cymru/news-wales/staying-fit-and-well-lockdown-gareth%E2%80%99s-blog and you can follow Gareth on Twitter at https://twitter.com/GBlindlad
This episode was recorded remotely in July 2020.
Do feel free to get in touch with the team with feedback or future guest suggestions by emailing [email protected]
Interviewed by Emma Martins
Produced & Edited by Michael Wordingham and Rupert Mountjoy
Podcast artwork by Jimmy Scofield
Website: www.jimmyscofield.com
Contact: [email protected]
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Intro music is "Ghost Byzantine" by Blue Dot Sessions, licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial License via the Free Music Archive.
Interlude and Outro music is "Dead River" by Blue Dot Sessions, licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial License via the Free Music Archive
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Next Episode
Series 2, Episode 1 - Dr Sarah Leiter
In the first episode of the second series, Warren talks to Dr Sarah Leiter who is a British Paralympian in the sport goalball, and has achieved her ambition of becoming a doctor, despite having a rare eye disease. We speak with Sarah about her career and how she manages her visual impairment to be able to excel in her career. We speak about her childhood and family life and how this provided her with fantastic support to set her off in the direction of becoming a doctor and how Sarah navigated education to get to the point she is at now. At the end of the podcast Sarah offers the opportunity for people to get in touch with us at The VIP Pod who might be young, visually impaired and looking for a similar career to Sarah, so please do get in touch with us if this is you, or you are the parent of someone who fits this description. Please contact us on [email protected]. Many thanks to Sarah for her time. Perhaps next time Sarah and I will talk about her sporting goalball exploits!
This episode was recorded remotely in March 2022.
Do feel free to get in touch with the team with feedback or future guest suggestions by emailing [email protected]
Interviewed by Warren Wilson
Produced by Emma Martins
Recorded & edited by Film, Television & Media students at the University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, NR4 7TJ
Podcast artwork by Jimmy Scofield
Website: www.jimmyscofield.com
Contact: [email protected]
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Intro music is "Ghost Byzantine" by Blue Dot Sessions, licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial License via the Free Music Archive.
Interlude and Outro music is "Dead River" by Blue Dot Sessions, licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial License via the Free Music Archive
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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