Imagine yourself in the center of a stadium filled with screaming sports fans who are there to watch you try to set a new world record for the long jump. Your heart is thumping and it’s nearly impossible to hear. You accelerate in sixteen steps down the runway and on the final step you leap as far as you can into the pit of sand that awaits.

This is the experience of Lex Gillette, a multiple-time world record holder and Olympic medalist in the Paralympics who achieves all he does without being able to see. He achieves these feats because he has Wesley Williams by his side to direct, encourage and guide him every step of the way. We spent our hour hearing from this dynamic duo, not only hearing how they have set records and won medals, but how they have achieved athletic symbiosis through collaboration, friendship, openness and trust.