Blind climber Erik Weihenmayer and his team's highly successful ascent of Mount Everest along with four other remarkable milestones on the mountain. Time magazine called this the most successful ...

Erik Weihenmayer has an amazing resume as an explorer and adventurer, which is even more impressive since he completely lost his sight as a teenager. He was the first blind person to climb Mt.

“Two years of planning, a documentary movie, and this blind guy barely makes it to Camp 1?” This blind guy. Erik Weihenmayer, 33, wasn’t just another yuppie trekker who’d lost a few rounds ...

ASPEN ” Erik Weihenmayer, who has been fully blind since the age of ... I’m torn, and that’s why it’s such a good movie. It didn’t go perfectly. I saw that tension in the movie, and that’s the way I ...

Will Smith, Volcanologist Dr. Jeff Johnson, and Erik Weihenmayer on the set of "Welcome to Earth." Photos by Skyler Williams. Sitting in the backseat of a four-wheel-drive vehicle speeding towards one ...

The commencement ceremony, featuring adventurer Erik Weihenmayer as speaker, will be held at Arizona Stadium at 7:30 p.m. Free parking and shuttle services will be available, and the event will be ...

TUCSON, Ariz. (KVOA) - Erik Weihenmayer, renowned for being the first blind person to summit Mount Everest, will speak at the University of Arizona's Commencement on May 16. Known for overcoming ...

This week, Wait Wait celebrates Thanksgiving with a cornucopia of incredible guests, including Maya Hawke, blind mountaineer Erik Weihenmayer, and Olympic weightlifter Mary Theissen Lappen.