Ultra Maratonista CIEGO | RAFA JAIME #005.

7 Mar 2019 · 72 min
1:11:33

Interview (Spanish) with Rafa Jaime, a blind Mexican endurance athlete. Rafa describes losing his right eye at age 4 and his left eye at 18 due to cancer (operation on 6 November 2006), his adaptation through sport (running, Paralympics, triathlon), and progression to ultradistance events (Ironman, Ultraman, Maratón des Sables). He recounts sensory strategies (echolocation-like hearing, smelling while swimming), training and nutrition approach, challenges finding guides, and plans for high-mountain ascents (Pico de Orizaba already climbed — 5,680 m — and planned Kilimanjaro and Aconcagua expeditions). He also shares personal philosophy: seeing blindness as a turning point, humor as icebreaker, and living for passion.

Questions this video answers

6 November 2006.

Right eye at age 4; left eye at age 18.

Height about 1.91 m; weight reported ~107 kg (during a past training phase).

5,680 meters.

Maratón des Sables, 250 kilometres (multiday desert race).

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