Erik
Weihenmayer was born in Princeton, New Yersey, on 23th September 1968. Erik´s wife is called Elle Reeve, and they have two children, Arjun Weihenmayer and Emma Weihenmayer.
When he was 13, Erik became blind by a strange disease. From THE BEGINNING, his father supported hiM very much AND ENCOURAGED HIM to DO sports, because Erik loved sports. When he was 16, he started climBING mountains. AT THE AGE OF 32, he became famous for bEING the first blind man who climbed Mount Everest. And in September 2002, he climbed the Seven Summits.
When he was 13, Erik became blind by a strange disease. From THE BEGINNING, his father supported hiM very much AND ENCOURAGED HIM to DO sports, because Erik loved sports. When he was 16, he started climBING mountains. AT THE AGE OF 32, he became famous for bEING the first blind man who climbed Mount Everest. And in September 2002, he climbed the Seven Summits.
After climbING all those mountains, Erik wrote “Touch the Top of the World: A blind´s man
journey to climb farther thaN the eye can see”, a book where he recounts his
memories on the highest summits. Actually, Erik gives lectures to motivate
people to fulfill their dreams.
Adelina Diana, 2A.
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