Erik Weihenmayer (born 1968) is the first blind person to reach the summit of Mount Everest, on May 25, 2001. He also completed the Seven Summits in September 2002. His story was covered in a Time article in June 2001 titled Blind Faith. He is author of Touch the Top of the World: A Blind Man's Journey to Climb Farther Than the Eye can See, his autobiography. 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday. ... Blindness is the condition of lacking visual perception due to physiological or psychological factors. ... Everest redirects here. ... May 25 is the 145th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (146th in leap years). ... 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Seven Summits are the highest mountains of each of the seven continents. ... Time (whose trademark is capitalized TIME) is a weekly American newsmagazine, similar to Newsweek and U.S. News & World Report. ... 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Cover of An autobiography, from the Greek auton, self, bios, life and graphein, write, is a biography written by the subject or composed conjointly with a collaborative writer (styled as told to or with). The term dates from the late eighteenth century, but the form is much older. ...

Erik is an acrobatic skydiver, long distance biker, marathon runner, skier, mountaineer, ice climber, and rock climber. He is a friend of Sabriye Tenberken and Paul Kronenberg, the co-founders of Braille Without Borders, whom he visited in Tibet to climb with them and teenagers from the school for the blind. A documentary film based on the project was released in 2006: Blindsight (2006 film) . A skydiver is a person who engages in the sport of skydiving, i. ... Modern-day marathon runners Runners in ancient Greece. ... Sabriye Tenberken (* 1970 near Bonn, Germany) is a German socialworker and co-founder of the organisation Braille Without Borders // Biography Sabriye became gradually visually impaired and completely blind by the age of thirteen due to retinal disease. ... Braille Without Borders (BWB) is an international organisation to develop and teach not yet existent Braille scripts for languages in developing countries, founded by Sabriye Tenberken and Paul Kronenberg in 1998 in Lhasa, Tibet. ... Tibet (older spelling Thibet; Tibetan: བོད་; Wylie: Bod; Lhasa dialect IPA: [; Simplified and Traditional Chinese: 西藏, Hanyu Pinyin: XÄ«zàng; also referred to as 藏区 (Simplified Chinese), 藏區 (Traditional Chinese), ZàngqÅ« (Hanyu Pinyin), having the two names different connotations; see Name section below) is a plateau region in Central Asia and the... Documentary film is a broad category of visual expression that is based on the attempt, in one fashion or another, to document reality. ...

Biography and list of achievements

In 1968, Erik was born with a disease called retinoschisis and became totally blind by the age of 13. 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday. ... Retinoschisis is an uncommon eye disease characterized by the abnormal splitting of the retinas sensory layers, usually in the outer plexiform layer, with resulting loss of visual function [1]. The retina, which consists of multiple layers of interconnected nerve and pigment cells, separates into separate layers resulting in a...

In 1987, he graduated from Weston High School in Connecticut. As the school’s wrestling captain, he represented the state in National Freestyle Wrestling Championships. 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... It has been suggested that this article be split into multiple articles. ... The Wrestlers (Pankratiasts) from Uffizi Gallery, Florence. ...

In 1991, he graduated from Boston College. In the same year, he trekked in the Pamir Mountains of Tajikistan. 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... For similarly-named academic institutions, see Boston (disambiguation). ... Located in Central Asia, the Pamir Mountains are formed by the junction of the worlds greatest mountain ranges, a geologic structural knot from which the great Tian Shan, Karakoram, Kunlun, and Hindu Kush mountain systems radiate. ...

In 1993, he received a master’s degree in Middle School Education from Lesley College. In the same year, he crossed the Batura Glacier in the Karakoram Mountains of Northern Pakistan. The same year he joined the staff at Phoenix Country Day School as an instructor. 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... Batura Glacier (about 60km long) is one of the largest glaciers outside the polar region. ... Located in the mountainous regions of Gilgit, Ladakh & Baltistan, Gilgit and Baltistan are in Pakistan, the Karakoram is one of the great Himalayan mountain ranges, with many of the highest and most daunting peaks of the world. ...

In 1995, Erik reached the 20,320’ summit of Mt. McKinley, North America’s highest peak, sponsored by the American Foundation for the Blind. His triumph was featured on Today with Katie Couric and the NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw. 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Denali redirects here. ... The American Foundation for the Blind is an American nonprofit whose mission is to ensure that the ten million Americans who are blind or visually impaired enjoy the same rights and opportunities as other citizens. ... Katherine Anne “Katie” Couric (born January 7, 1957) is an American media personality who became well-known as co-host of NBCs Today, and now serves as the anchor and managing editor of the CBS Evening News. ... NBC (an abbreviation for National Broadcasting Company, its former corporate name) is an American television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York Citys Rockefeller Center. ... Thomas John Brokaw (born February 6, 1940 in Webster, South Dakota) is a popular American television journalist, presently working on regularly scheduled news documentaries for the NBC television network, and is the former NBC News anchorman and managing editor of the program NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw. ...

In 1996, he carried the Olympic Torch through Phoenix and was selected for the first annual Distinguished Arizonan Award by the Governors Council. He was also inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame, and received its first Medal of Courage. 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... Nickname: Valley of the Sun Location in Maricopa County and the state of Arizona Coordinates: Country United States State Arizona Counties Maricopa Incorporated February 25, 1881  - Mayor Phil Gordon (D) Area    - City  475. ... Official language(s) English Capital Phoenix Largest city Phoenix Area  Ranked 6th  - Total 113,998 sq mi (295,254 km²)  - Width 310 miles (500 km)  - Length 400 miles (645 km)  - % water 0. ... The Medal of Courage (Hebrew: עיטור העוז Itur HaOz) is an Israeli miltary decoration. ...

In 1997, he climbed his second continental summit, Kilimanjaro. He married at the height of 13,000’. Erik and his wife Ellen live outside of Denver, Colorado, USA. 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Kilimanjaro is a mountain in northeastern Tanzania. ... This article refers to the state capital of Colorado. ... Official language(s) English Capital Denver Largest city Denver Area  Ranked 8th  - Total 104,185 sq mi (269,837 km²)  - Width 280 miles (451 km)  - Length 380 miles (612 km)  - % water 0. ...

In 1998, he rode a tandem bike from Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh City with his father, a Vietnam veteran. 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... The tandem bicycle or twin is a form of bicycle (occasionally, a tricycle) designed to be powered by more than one person. ... Hanoi (Vietnamese: Hà Ná»™i)  , estimated population 3,058,000(2004), is the capital of Vietnam. ... Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnamese: Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh  ) is the largest city in Vietnam and is located near the Mekong River delta. ...

In 1999, he attempted Argentina's Mount Aconcagua. Poor weather conditions forced his team to turn around just short of the summit. 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... The Cerro Aconcagua is located in Argentina and is the highest mountain in The Americas and the Southern Hemisphere, as well as the highest peak outside of Asia and one of the Seven Summits. ...

In 2001, he climbed Mt. Everest. 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the Alpine mountain. ...

In 2004, he led an expedition in Tibet called Climbing Blind project, including blind teens from the Braille Without Borders school for blind at Lhasa, Tibet (documentary film: Blindsight (2006 film). 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Tibet (older spelling Thibet; Tibetan: བོད་; Wylie: Bod; Lhasa dialect IPA: [; Simplified and Traditional Chinese: 西藏, Hanyu Pinyin: XÄ«zàng; also referred to as 藏区 (Simplified Chinese), 藏區 (Traditional Chinese), ZàngqÅ« (Hanyu Pinyin), having the two names different connotations; see Name section below) is a plateau region in Central Asia and the... Braille Without Borders (BWB) is an international organisation to develop and teach not yet existent Braille scripts for languages in developing countries, founded by Sabriye Tenberken and Paul Kronenberg in 1998 in Lhasa, Tibet. ... Lhasa prefecture-level city in Tibet Autonomous Region Lhasa (Tibetan: ལྷ་ས་; Wylie: lha-sa; Simplified Chinese: 拉萨; Traditional Chinese: 拉薩; pinyin: Lāsà), sometimes spelled Llasa, is the traditional capital of Tibet and the capital of the Tibetan Autonomous Region of the Peoples Republic of China. ... Tibet (older spelling Thibet; Tibetan: བོད་; Wylie: Bod; Lhasa dialect IPA: [; Simplified and Traditional Chinese: 西藏, Hanyu Pinyin: XÄ«zàng; also referred to as 藏区 (Simplified Chinese), 藏區 (Traditional Chinese), ZàngqÅ« (Hanyu Pinyin), having the two names different connotations; see Name section below) is a plateau region in Central Asia and the...

In 2006, helped to lead Global Explorers sponsored expedition, Leading the Way, to Peru. For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ...

Bibliography

• Weihenmayer, Erik, Touch the Top of the World: A Blind Man's Journey to Climb Farther Than the Eye can See, Plume, 2002, ISBN 0-452-28294-2

For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ...

External links

• Erik's Official Website
• ClimbingBlind.org
• The Blind Sight homepage.
• "Weihenmayer Reaches the Top" (article from The Braille Monitor)