Steve Bate: The Paralympian and adventurer going blind
Steve Bate is a World Champion cyclist on the Great Britain cycling team, despite being born and raised in NZ. He loves nothing more than a bike packing adventure. He's a carpenter turned Outdoor Ed Instructor, he won a gold medal at Rio 2016.... And he's also going blind.\nThere is sooooo much to talk about with Steve and this interview will have you laughing, it will leave you feeling inspired for an adventure and it will make you feel grateful to do what you can, every single day, without even thinking twice about it.\nYou'll hear:\n\nHow his dreams of becoming a mountain guide were shattered when he was told he was going blind\n\nmore on becoming the first Visually Impaired person to solo climb El Capitan\n\nHow he went from being a 'rock climbing bum' to the GB cycling team in his 30s, despite never having owned a road bike\n\nWhy he has never done a Lactate Threshold Test or a V02 max test in his life.\n\nHis thoughts on preparing for his second Paralympics in his 40s\n\n\nFind out more about this week's guest\nSteve Bate website\nSteve Bate instagram\nSteve Bate's solo El Cap climb\nSteve Bate and Adam Duggleby - Paralympic and World Champion cyclists\nSecond City Divide adventure video (you must give this a watch!)\nLike what you heard?\nLet me know! Connect with Inside Tri Show across Social Media, just search Inside Tri Show or click on the icons below\nPOWERED BY 33 FUEL\nThis week's show is powered by\xa033 Fuel\xa0\u2013 natural and very yummy sports nutrition. They are shipping as usual, so grab some of their daily Greens, fill your boots with delicious natural, nutty Italian style energy bars and\xa0Use the code\xa0INSIDETRI33 for a discount\xa0at checkout at\xa0www.33fuel.com.\n\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices