Erik Weihenmayer date of birth:
September 23, 1968
How old is Erik Weihenmayer?
56
Where was Erik Weihenmayer born?
Princeton, New Jersey, USA
Erik Weihenmayer body shape:
Athletic
What color is Erik Weihenmayer's hair?
Brown - Dark
What is Erik Weihenmayer's ethnicity?
White
What is Erik Weihenmayer nationality?
American
What is Erik Weihenmayer's occupation?
Producer Writer
Erik Weihenmayer claim to fame:
First blind man to reach the highest peak on all 7 continents.
Who is Erik Weihenmayer's father?
Ed Weihenmayer
Short Biography
Erik Weihenmayer (born September 23, 1968) is an American athlete, adventurer, author, activist and motivational speaker, and the only blind person to reach the summit of Mount Everest, on May 25, 2001. He was honored with a Time Magazine cover story. He also completed the Seven Summits in September 2002, joining 150 mountaineers at the time who had accomplished that feat, but the only climber who was blind. In 2008 he also added Carstenz Pyramid in West Papua New Guinea, the tallest peak in Austral Asia, thus completing the more respected Seventh Summit. Weihenmayer has also made noteworthy climbs up the Nose of El Capitan in Yosemite in 1996, and ascended Losar, a 2700-foot vertical ice face in the Himalayas which he ascended in two days and 3 hours, in 2008.