Chicagoans is a first-person account from off the beaten track, as told to Anne Ford. This week’s Chicagoan is Shawn Sturges, 31, blind climber.
After I lost my sight, I did various things to try to help navigate the world of blindness and help me with the depression I faced. I did martial arts, I did a little bit of wakeboarding, I tried skydiving a couple times. But I never really found any sport that could help me be as creative and athletic as I was before I lost my sight. So when I was introduced to climbing, I instantly fell in love with it. I climb two to four days a week, and my brother Toby at Genesis X Fitness is my personal trainer.
