Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2002-511424
Reviews
"Moving and adventure-packed... eloquent... Weihenmayer tells his extraordinary story with humor, honesty and vivid detail, and his fortitude and enthusiasm are deeply inspiring. With the insightful intimacy of Tom Sullivan's classic If You Could See What I Hear and the intensity of the best adventure narratives, Weihenmayer's story will appeal to a broad audience."-- Publishers Weekly "Weihenmayer is an extraordinary individual, adventurer, and athlete... This inspirational story is highly recommended."-- Library Journal "Any fully sighted person might be proud of [Weihenmayer's] feats; to have achieved them without sight is quite amazing."-- The Washington Post Book World "An exciting, one-of-a-kind memoir that should appeal to lovers of man-against-nature stories... The word 'inspiring' is used far too often in book reviews, but here is one case where it really is appropriate." --Booklist "An inspiration to other blind people and plenty of us folks who can see just fine."-- Jon Krakauer, New York Times bestselling author of Into Thin Air, "Moving and adventure-packed... eloquent... Weihenmayer tells his extraordinary story with humor, honesty and vivid detail, and his fortitude and enthusiasm are deeply inspiring. With the insightful intimacy of Tom Sullivan's classic If You Could See What I Hear and the intensity of the best adventure narratives, Weihenmayer's story will appeal to a broad audience."-- Publishers Weekly "Weihenmayer is an extraordinary individual, adventurer, and athlete... This inspirational story is highly recommended."-- Library Journal "Any fully sighted person might be proud of [Weihenmayer's] feats; to have achieved them without sight is quite amazing."-- The Washington Post Book World "An exciting, one-of-a-kind memoir that should appeal to lovers of man-against-nature stories... The word 'inspiring' is used far too often in book reviews, but here is one case where it really is appropriate." --Booklist "An inspiration to other blind people and plenty of us folks who can see just fine."-- Jon Krakauer, New York Times bestselling author of Into Thin Air
Dewey Edition
21
Grade From
Twelfth Grade
Grade To
UP
Dewey Decimal
796.52/2/092 B
Table Of Content
Touch the Top of the WorldAcknowledgments Introduction: McKinley's Kahiltna Glacier 1. Quasimodo 2. A World In-Between 3. Helplessness 4. Faint Recognition 5. Blind Warriors 6. Wizard, the Chick Magnet 7. Flailing to Independence 8. Perceptions 9. Thirty Sets of Eyes 10. Blind Faith 11. Preparation 12. Zero Zero 13. "Big" Changes 14. Uhuru 15. Moving Through Darkness 16. The Nose 17. The Slag Heap 18. I Did Not Die 19. The Song of the Sirens Epilogue Everest
Synopsis
The incredible bestselling book from the author of No Barriers and The Adversity Advantage Erik Weihenmayer was born with retinoscheses, a degenerative eye disorder that would leave him blind by the age of thirteen. But Erik was determined to rise above this devastating disability and lead a fulfilling and exciting life. In this poignant and inspiring 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 and the father who encouraged him to strive for that distant mountaintop. And he tells the story of his dream to climb the world's Seven Summits, and how he is turning that dream into astonishing reality (something fewer than a hundred mountaineers have done). From the snow-capped summit of McKinley to the towering peaks of Aconcagua and Kilimanjaro to the ultimate challenge, Mount Everest, this is a story about daring to dream in the face of impossible odds. It is about finding the courage to reach for that ultimate summit, and transforming your life into something truly miraculous. "An inspiration to other blind people and plenty of us folks who can see just fine."-- Jon Krakauer, New York Times bestselling author of Into Thin Air, The incredible bestselling book from the author of No Barriers and The Adversity Advantage Erik Weihenmayer was born with retinoscheses, a degenerative eye disorder that would leave him blind by the age of thirteen. But Erik was determined to rise above this devastating disability and lead a fulfilling and exciting life. In this poignant and inspiring 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 and the father who encouraged him to strive for that distant mountaintop. And he tells the story of his dream to climb the world's Seven Summits, and how he is turning that dream into astonishing reality (something fewer than a hundred mountaineers have done). From the snow-capped summit of McKinley to the towering peaks of Aconcagua and Kilimanjaro to the ultimate challenge, Mount Everest, this is a story about daring to dream in the face of impossible odds. It is about finding the courage to reach for that ultimate summit, and transforming your life into something truly miraculous. "An inspiration to other blind people and plenty of us folks who can see just fine."- Jon Krakauer, New York Times bestselling author of Into Thin Air
LC Classification Number
GV199.92.W39A3 2002