The Navigator Is Blind and the Driver's in Pain, but They're Racing Though France, Busting Barriers PARIS (AP) — The driver's joints are so painful from rheumatoid arthritis that she can't ...

Two blind navigators. Thoresen is one of two blind navigators in the five-day Princesses Rally that roared off Sunday from Paris. Juliette Lepage, blind from birth, is the other, navigating a 1977 MG.

Two blind navigators. Thoresen is one of two blind navigators in the five-day Princesses Rally that roared off Sunday from Paris. Juliette Lepage, blind from birth, is the other, navigating a 1977 MG.

Two blind navigators. Thoresen is one of two blind navigators in the five-day Princesses Rally that roared off Sunday from Paris. Juliette Lepage, blind from birth, is the other, navigating a 1977 MG.

This photo provided by Etienne Martin shows Merete Buljo, right, and Tonje Thoresen, both from Norway, posing during the 5-day Princesses Rally in Chateau de Syam, central France, on May 19, 2025.

And the co-pilot who is helping to guide her through France as the navigator is blind, her sight snatched away by a brain tumor five years ago that stole her career as a photographer.

Two blind navigators. Thoresen is one of two blind navigators in the five-day Princesses Rally that roared off Sunday from Paris. Juliette Lepage, blind from birth, is the other, navigating a 1977 MG.