Erik Weihenmayer

Touch the Top of the World: A Blind Man's Journey to Climb Farther Than the Eye Can See

Sprecher: Sullivan, Nick

• Audio CD

Produktdetails

• Verlag: HighBridge Audio
• Gesamtlaufzeit: 678 Min.
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. April 2016
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781504746571
• Artikelnr.: 44841911

Autorenporträt

ERIK WEIHENMAYER is a bestselling author, athlete, adventurer, and motivational speaker. He is the only blind person to reach the summit of Mount Everest. He also completed the Seven Summits, joining 150 mountaineers who have accomplished that feat, but the only climber who was blind. He is the author of Touch the Top of the World and The Adversity Advantage. His latest book is No Barriers: A Blind Man's Journey to Kayak the Grand Canyon. He co-founded No Barriers USA, which helps those with special challenges to live active and purposeful lives. He lives in Colorado. To download an audio excerpt from Touch the Top of the World, visit the American Foundation for the Blind Web site.

Inhaltsangabe

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