Erik Weihenmayer

Aktor

23 września 1968 (57 years)
Erik Weihenmayer (born September 23, 1968) is an American athlete, adventurer, author, activist and motivational speaker. He was the first blind person to reach the summit of Mount Everest, on May 25, 2001. Due to this accomplishment he was featured on the cover of Time magazine. He completed the Seven Summits in September 2002, one of only 150 mountaineers at the time to do so, but the only blind climber to achieve this feat. In 2008, he also added the Carstensz Pyramid thus completing the Eight Summits. Weihenmayer has also made noteworthy climbs up the Nose of El Capitan in Yosemite in 1996, and ascended Losar, a 2,700-foot (820 m) vertical ice face in the Himalayas in 2008.

Known For

  • Touch the Top of the World
    Touch the Top of the World2006
  • Farther Than the Eye Can See
    Farther Than the Eye Can See2003

Filmografia

2023
Soundscape · as Self
2021
Welcome to Earth · as Self - Mountaineer
2019
Fine Lines · as Self
2018
The Weight of Water · as Himself
2018
2014
2012
High Ground · as Self
2012
Home & Family · as Self
2011
Expedition Impossible · as Self - No Limits
2006
Blindsight · as Self
2005
Three Wishes · as Self
1995
Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel · as Self - Adventurer (segment "erik Weihenmayer")
1992
1952
Today · as Self - Guest

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