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Wild Ideas Worth Living

First Blind Person to Summit Mount Everest with Erik Weihenmayer

Wild Ideas Worth Living

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🗓️ 25 March 2025

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Erik Weihenmayer made history in 2001 as the first blind person to summit Mount Everest. By 2008, he had completed the Seven Summits, the tallest mountains on each continent. Since then, Erik has embraced a wide range of adventure sports from paragliding in the Rocky Mountains and ice climbing in Nepal to kayaking the length of the Grand Canyon.

Transcript

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0:00.0

If you're looking for another podcast to fuel your adventures, check out Camp Nowhere, a freeform

0:08.9

audio journey into life off the beaten path. Hosted by Mac, a filmmaker, photographer, full-time

0:15.5

traveler, and REI partner, Camp Nowhere features candid conversations, audio diaries, and immersive sounds from the road.

0:24.1

On the show, she discusses how her experiences have taught her to navigate life's unexpected

0:29.2

moments and thrive in the unknown. Camp Nowhere is for those who are passionate about the outdoors,

0:35.3

travel, and the things you can learn about yourself along the

0:38.2

way. Ready to dive in and embrace the unknown? Listen to Camp Nowhere today, wherever you listen to

0:45.2

podcasts. I was a hair's breath away from losing the adventure in my life.

0:57.8

And so when you know how close you were to this life on the sidelines,

1:04.2

where you're just listening to life go by.

1:06.7

I think it's motivation to keep going and saying,

1:09.7

how can I keep pushing myself?

1:11.6

Not to prove that blind people can do this or that,

1:15.6

but more like, how do I celebrate what's possible

1:19.6

and just do things that have never been done before.

1:25.6

In 2001, Eric Weinmayer became the first blind person to summit Mount Everest and was featured on the cover of Time magazine.

1:34.3

Seven years later, he made history again when he completed the seven summits, which are the tallest mountains on each continent.

1:41.3

Besides climbing, some of the biggest peaks in the world, Eric has tried almost every adventure

1:46.8

sport under the sun.

1:48.4

He's paraglided in the Rocky Mountains, ice climbed in Nepal, and he even kayaked the

1:54.0

length of the Grand Canyon in 2014.

1:57.2

Going after these wild ideas has transformed and empowered Eric, and now he works to support

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