[at-l] one-eyed hiking

["The Weathercarrot" <weathercarrot@hotmail.com>]

You wrote:

>With the constant
>rain and fog at that time, it was hard enough to see the trail and 
blazes with
>two good eyes, let alone being legally blind.  Last I heard, he was 
hiking by
>himself.

Almost all my functional vision is through one eye, and I've therefore 
been told my entire life that I should be having depth perception 
problems. The only thing is, I have no idea, no comprehension, of what 
it's like to see equally out of both eyes. The way I see depth is the 
way I've always seen depth, which makes it "normal" to me. I guess I 
have adapted from the beginning. I have no problem catching a frisbee, 
playing ping-pong, or anything else that is supposedly easier with two 
eyes (with the exception of those 3D picture-pattern things that you 
look at in a certain way). My hiking has not been affected, as far as I 
can tell. If I suddenly had equal use of both, I would likely be blown 
away by the contrast. If, on the other hand I lost the use of my good 
eye, then things would be interesting. I would lose most of my ability 
to read, and I'd be taking lots of nasty spills on the trail. I would 
certainly have to walk VERY slowly. 

It appears the other guy's (can't remember his name) sight is in a more 
severe situation, so I'm not at all saying his and mine are exactly the 
same. Just thought I'd mention my experience.

wc


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