You may have seen them in the Oslo marathon - but they have hardly seen you. We are talking about the wonderful gang with blind and partially sighted athletes from Team RP. The athletes who every year invite a large number of cultural and sports personalities to pose as companions in the Oslo marathon. Together, they run to profile Active Against Cancer. In addition to the width, Team RP also has some real cracks. During last year's Oslo marathon, Team RP ran away with as many as 5 of 6 NM medals in the half marathon - impressive team effort!
Team RP, which consists of people who all have the eye disease Retinitis Pigmentosa (RP), has an active environment throughout the year.
Last weekend, they started a completely unique collaboration with drug addicts and drug addicts during rehabilitation from the Tyrilistiftelsen. Over the next six months, the Tyrilie students will be companions for the Team RP athletes in a number of exciting, challenging and fun activities. The whole thing will literally be topped off by all 60 participants in pairs and in a united squad will climb Galdhøpiggen together.
Last weekend, winter sports were the focus of this collaborative project that Team RP is the initiator of. Both cross-country skiing and alpine skiing were tried out in addition to climbing in a 15 meter high climbing wall. The Oslo Marathon got to follow the collaboration, and it was especially impressive to see blind athletes speeding down the black trail on the alpine slope. It was also strong to observe the impressive interaction between two disadvantaged groups that made each other good through joint mastery. On the whole, we were impressed by how much commitment, mastery and joy that all participants received from this collaboration. We look forward to following Team RP and this project further.
If you also want to be impressed and be a companion for Team RP, you can contact Team RP leader Håkon Gisholt at hakongis@gmail.com . Then you can have the opportunity to promote your own form, help others, and not least be infected by the positive joy of mastery you find in the Team RP environment.