by Mike O'Sullivan at VOA News
October 16, 2018
LOS ANGELES —> Blind Paralympic cyclist Shawn Cheshire, 43, recently faced her biggest challenge — a rim-to-rim hike through the Grand Canyon.
Cheshire crossed 68 kilometers of steep and uneven terrain, hiking through the night and finishing in 24 hours and 15 minutes — believed to be a record by a blind hiker.
by Manuela Duque at Minuto30.com
October 9, 2018
La atleta paralímpica estadounidense Shawn Cheshire acaba de establecer un récord mundial al ser la primera mujer ciega que camina 42 millas (67,59 kilómetros) de borde a borde del Gran Cañón, en Arizona, recorrido catalogado como uno de los más peligrosos.
La once veces campeona nacional en Tandem Cycling (bicicleta para dos personas) emprendió el camino el domingo en la medianoche con tres amigos que le sirvieron de guías.
by Nicole Valdes at ABC15 Arizona
October 9, 2018
GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, AZ - If you're a thrill seeker, like Shawn Cheshire, taking on the 42-mile trek that is a rim-to-rim (and back) at the Grand Canyon is the ultimate journey.
But she does things a little differently. Instead of her eyes, her ears guide her up and down the canyon.
August 18, 2018
She’ll start the hike down the Grand Canyon at 4 a.m. It’s seven, steep miles down, each step like a descending stair, except in place of a stair there’s loose dirt, random rocks and ungroomed trail. The temperature will approach 100 degrees at the bottom and the elevation change will surpass 10,000 feet. An 18-mile trek follows across the Canyon and leads up the other side of the so-called rim-to-rim hike. Shawn Cheshire then will hike back again in a “rim-to-rim-to-rim madness,” as a hiking site calls this idea.
Read More
August 1, 2018
• Details on Shawn's upcoming rim-to-rim hike through the Grand Canyon
• What it's like competing in the Paralympics, and the special challenges she has overcome, as a sight-impaired athlete