First Blind Person to Summit Mount Everest with Erik Weihenmayer
Mar 25, 2025•26 min•Ep. 340
Episode description
Erik Weihenmayer made history in 2001 as the first blind person to summit Mount Everest. By 2008, he had completed the Seven Summits, the tallest mountains on each continent. Since then, Erik has embraced a wide range of adventure sports from paragliding in the Rocky Mountains and ice climbing in Nepal to kayaking the length of the Grand Canyon.
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