Shawn Cheshire Sets Blind, Unsupported Grand Canyon FKT -#249
FKT Podcast14 Mar 2025

Shawn Cheshire Sets Blind, Unsupported Grand Canyon FKT -#249

Recently, Fastest Known Time has approved new guidelines for para-athletes. Athletes who have any “Eligible Impairment” listed by the International Paralympic Committee may submit an FKT by checking the “Para athlete” checkbox on the FKT submission form. Our first para athlete is Shawn Cheshire, a fully blind athlete. Join host Heather Anderson as she talks with her about Shawn’s fully unsupported, unguided crossing of Arizona’s Grand Canyon. Shawn talks about the challenges of navigation as well as her encounters with trail users. She also shares how losing her sight at age 36 forced her to redefine herself and how she did so as an athlete—cycling for Team USA, cycling across the US, attempting Everest, and now setting an FKT. Drop into today’s episode to be inspired by Shawn.

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