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“A guy who can’t see, logically, he doesn’t give a fuck there.” David is visually impaired from birth, but that doesn’t stop him from climbing mountains. Meanwhile, in the Pyrenees …
Meanwhile, in the Pyrenees, David is passionate about mountaineering. Yet he only has 10% of his visual abilities. Visually impaired from birth, he suffers from Stargardt’s disease, a rare and non-reversible condition. “I see, in fact, light gray spots and darker spots. The takes on the wall will do a little bit of contrast, shade, so I’m going to be able to climb a little bit like that“, explains David.
David also enjoys skiing and mountain biking. In 2012, he won the silver medal at the Paralympic Games in blind football, the adaptation of football for the visually impaired. In 2019, he even managed to climb Mont Blanc. “I grew up like this, I live with it. When you grow up with children in the mountains who are the same age as you, when you are 6 years old and you are in the same village, behind you have to follow them because they will have fun“, concludes David.