Overcoming Barriers: The Journey of a Blind Adventurer

Erik Weihenmayer (@ErikWeihenmayer) has kayaked the Grand Canyon and climbed Mount Everest -- blind. He is the author of Touch the Top of the World and co-author of No Barriers and The Adversity Advantage.

• How challenges unite us as human beings -- no matter our hardships or handicaps.
• Why losing his sight as a teenager didn't discourage Erik from excelling beyond the capacity of the world's most accomplished extreme athletes.
• How Erik embraces a "no barriers" philosophy to guide and lift others -- even when their own cultures seek to keep them down.
• Why Erik's not "the blind climber," but a climber who happens to be blind -- and why this makes all the difference.
• The instincts, senses, and technology that allow Erik to navigate around his dangerous terrains of choice without sight.
• And much more...

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