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Ep. 982: First Blind US Veteran to Climb Everest - Lonnie Bedwell
Adventure kayaking and climbing Everest: Lonnie Bedwell's inspiring journey after losing his sight in a 1997 hunting accident – raising three daughters as a single father, teaching them to hunt, fish and drive, then achieving first blind descents of the Zambezi and Gauley Rivers, first blind descent of the Grand Canyon via the Colorado River, and becoming the first blind veteran to summit Mt Everest in 2023.
Despite a life-altering hunting accident in 1997 that caused him to lose his sight, Lonnie found the courage and determination to raise his three daughters as a single father in…
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