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EP 278: Seneida Biendarra — Onsighting Without Sight, Designing Better Gear, and Wielding the Empathy Gun
Manage episode 487700832 series 2638497
Seneida Biendarra is the 2023 US National Champion in the women’s B2 (severely blind) category. We talked about losing her vision as a teenager, her current visual experience, creating mental maps of the world, finding freedom in risk, designing outdoor gear, the world of paraclimbing and the adaptive community, sight guiding, the empathy gun, embracing chapters in life, and much more.
Arc’teryx:
Check out the NEW Kragg Collection.
Mad Rock:
Use code “NUGGET10” at checkout for 10% off your next order.
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Show Notes:
thenuggetclimbing.com/episodes/seneida-biendarra
Nuggets:
(00:00:00) – Intro
(00:02:00) – 1950s appliances
(00:05:08) – A fresh start
(00:07:49) – Seneida’s visual experience
(00:10:00) – Losing vision
(00:17:02) – The map
(00:19:38) – Visual experience continued
(00:23:35) – An invisible disability
(00:25:56) – Daily living vs. climbing
(00:29:44) – Meeting other blind climbers
(00:36:08) – Crashes
(00:39:34) – Risk & freedom
(00:44:48) – Early climbing
(00:48:32) – An onsight philosophy
(00:52:19) – Visualization
(00:55:09) – Lights out
(01:01:49) – Accessibility tools & basketball
(01:05:59) – Designing gear
(01:13:06) – Parents & childhood
(01:17:08) – Backpacking
(01:19:21) – Daily living continued
(01:28:55) – Nate
(01:31:10) – Sight Guiding
(01:37:40) – The world of paraclimbing
(01:41:28) – 2028 Olympics
(01:46:09) – Identity & community
(01:49:51) – Mourning, normalizing, & sympathy
(01:53:31) – How to be a supportive sighted person
(01:56:25) – Empathy gun
(02:01:09) – Parts of ourselves
(02:04:45) – Interpersonal bonds
(02:12:39) – Embracing chapters
(02:18:53) – Self-driving taxis
(02:21:55) – Spotlighting the adaptive community
(02:26:12) – “You belong more than you think you do.”
(02:29:45) – New designs
364 episodes
Manage episode 487700832 series 2638497
Seneida Biendarra is the 2023 US National Champion in the women’s B2 (severely blind) category. We talked about losing her vision as a teenager, her current visual experience, creating mental maps of the world, finding freedom in risk, designing outdoor gear, the world of paraclimbing and the adaptive community, sight guiding, the empathy gun, embracing chapters in life, and much more.
Arc’teryx:
Check out the NEW Kragg Collection.
Mad Rock:
Use code “NUGGET10” at checkout for 10% off your next order.
Rúngne:
Use code “NUGGET” for 10% off storewide, and use code “SHIPPINGNUGGETS” for free shipping.
Become a Patron:
Show Notes:
thenuggetclimbing.com/episodes/seneida-biendarra
Nuggets:
(00:00:00) – Intro
(00:02:00) – 1950s appliances
(00:05:08) – A fresh start
(00:07:49) – Seneida’s visual experience
(00:10:00) – Losing vision
(00:17:02) – The map
(00:19:38) – Visual experience continued
(00:23:35) – An invisible disability
(00:25:56) – Daily living vs. climbing
(00:29:44) – Meeting other blind climbers
(00:36:08) – Crashes
(00:39:34) – Risk & freedom
(00:44:48) – Early climbing
(00:48:32) – An onsight philosophy
(00:52:19) – Visualization
(00:55:09) – Lights out
(01:01:49) – Accessibility tools & basketball
(01:05:59) – Designing gear
(01:13:06) – Parents & childhood
(01:17:08) – Backpacking
(01:19:21) – Daily living continued
(01:28:55) – Nate
(01:31:10) – Sight Guiding
(01:37:40) – The world of paraclimbing
(01:41:28) – 2028 Olympics
(01:46:09) – Identity & community
(01:49:51) – Mourning, normalizing, & sympathy
(01:53:31) – How to be a supportive sighted person
(01:56:25) – Empathy gun
(02:01:09) – Parts of ourselves
(02:04:45) – Interpersonal bonds
(02:12:39) – Embracing chapters
(02:18:53) – Self-driving taxis
(02:21:55) – Spotlighting the adaptive community
(02:26:12) – “You belong more than you think you do.”
(02:29:45) – New designs
364 episodes
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