May 25

Erik Weihenmayer is a motivational speaker, author, adventurer, and athlete from the United States. On May 25, 2001, he became the first blind person to reach the summit of Mount Everest. He was featured on the cover of Time magazine as a result of this achievement. He also completed the Seven Summits in September 2002, one of only 150 mountaineers to do so at the time, and the only climber to do so while blind.
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