Jesse Dufton
British mountaineer
About Jesse Dufton
Born 1986.
Jesse Dufton is a British rock climber and member of the Great Britain paraclimbing team since 2017. In 2019, Dufton became the first blind climber to lead an ascent on Old Man of Hoy in the Orkney Islands. The climb, and Dufton's story, were the subject of the 2020 film Climbing Blind. Dufton has rod-cone dystrophy; he was born severely sight impaired and has no useful sight left today.
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British mountaineer
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Jesse Dufton was born in 1986.
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