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Erik Weihenmayer
Erik Weihenmayer is an American athlete, adventurer, author, activist, and motivational speaker. He was the first blind person to reach the summit of Mount Everest, achieving this feat on May 25, 2001, and subsequently appearing on the cover of Time magazine. In September 2002, he completed the Seven Summits, and in 2008, he added the Carstensz Pyramid to complete the Eight Summits. His other notable climbs include the Nose of El Capitan in Yosemite in 1996, and Losar, a 2,700-foot vertical ice face in the Himalayas, in 2008.
