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Touch the top of the world a blind man's journey to climb father than the eye can see

Erik Weihenmayer was born with a degenerative eye disorder, and lost his sight by the age of thirteen. Yet he was determined to rise above this devastating disability and lead a fulfilling, exciting life. Erik was the first blind man to reach the summit of McKinley, and he was even married to his long-time girlfriend at 13,000 feet on his way to Kilimanjaro's summit. His story is one of determination, risk and unrivalled courage.

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  • "Autobiography of mountaineer Erik Weihenmayer, who refused to let blindness prevent him from scaling the world's tallest peaks."
  • "Erik Weihenmayer was born with a degenerative eye disorder, and lost his sight by the age of thirteen. Yet he was determined to rise above this devastating disability and lead a fulfilling, exciting life. Erik was the first blind man to reach the summit of McKinley, and he was even married to his long-time girlfriend at 13,000 feet on his way to Kilimanjaro's summit. His story is one of determination, risk and unrivalled courage."@en
  • "[The author] was born with retinoscheses, a degenerative eye disorder that would leave him blind by the age of thirteen. But [he] was determined to rise above this disability and lead a fulfilling and exciting life. In this [memoir], he shares his struggle to push past the limits imposed on him by his visual impairment - and by a seeing world. He speaks movingly of the role his family played in his battle to break through the barriers of blindness: the mother who prayed for the miracle that would restore her son's sight; the father who encouraged him to strive for that unreachable mountaintop. And he tells the story of his dream to climb the world's highest peaks and how he is turning that dream into astonishing reality. - Back cover."@en
  • "Erik Weihenmayer was born with a degenerative eye disorder, and he learned from doctors that he was destined to lose his sight by the age of thirteen. Yet from early on, he was determined to rise above this devastating disability and lead a fulfilling, exciting life. Erik was the first blind man to reach the summit of McKinley, and he was even married to his long-time girlfriend at 13,000 feet on his way to Kilimanjaro's summit. His story is one of determination, risk and unrivalled courage."
  • "Erik Weihenmayer was the first blind man to summit Mount McKinley. He soon became the first blind person to scale the 3,000-foot wall of El Capitan and then Alcongagua in Argentina. He got married at 13,000 feet on the Shia Plateau on his way to the summit of Kilmanjaro. Most recently, as of this writing, Erik scaled Polar Circus, the 30,000-foot vertical ice wall in the Province of Alberta, Canada. The concept of Erik is to fulfil difficult achievements and attain miracles."@en
  • "Erik Weihenmayer was the first blind man to summit Mount McKinley. He soon became the first blind person to scale the 3,000-foot wall of El Capitan and then Alcongagua in Argentina. He got married at 13,000 feet on the Shia Plateau on his way to the summit of Kilmanjaro. Most recently, as of this writing, Erik scaled Polar Circus, the 30,000-foot vertical ice wall in the Province of Alberta, Canada. The concept of Erik is to fulfil difficult achievements and attain miracles."

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  • "Biography"@en
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  • "Touch the top of the world a blind man's journey to climb father than the eye can see"@en
  • "Touch the top of the world"@en
  • "Touch the top of the world"
  • "Touch the top of the world a blind man's journey to climb farther than the eye can see"@en
  • "Touch the top of the world a blind man's journey to climb farther than the eye can see"
  • "Touch the top of the world [a blind man's journey to climb farther than the eye can see]"@en
  • "Touch the top of the world [a blind man's journey to climb farther than the eye can see]"

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