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Zusatztext "Moving and adventure-packed... eloquent... Weihenmayer tells his extraordinary story with humor! honesty and vivid detail! and his fortitude and enthusiasm are deeply inspiring. With the insightful intimacy of Tom Sullivan's classic If You Could See What I Hear and the intensity of the best adventure narratives! Weihenmayer's story will appeal to a broad audience."— Publishers Weekly "Weihenmayer is an extraordinary individual! adventurer! and athlete... This inspirational story is highly recommended."— Library Journal “Any fully sighted person might be proud of [Weihenmayer’s] feats; to have achieved them without sight is quite amazing.”— The Washington Post Book World "An exciting! one-of-a-kind memoir that should appeal to lovers of man-against-nature stories... The word ‘inspiring’ is used far too often in book reviews! but here is one case where it really is appropriate.” —Booklist "An inspiration to other blind people and plenty of us folks who can see just fine."— Jon Krakauer! New York Times bestselling author of Into Thin Air Informationen zum Autor Erik Weihenmayer Klappentext The incredible bestselling book from the author of No Barriers and The Adversity Advantage Erik Weihenmayer was born with retinoscheses, a degenerative eye disorder that would leave him blind by the age of thirteen. But Erik was determined to rise above this devastating disability and lead a fulfilling and exciting life. In this poignant and inspiring memoir, he shares his struggle to push past the limits imposed on him by his visual impairment-and by a seeing world. He speaks movingly of the role his family played in his battle to break through the barriers of blindness: the mother who prayed for the miracle that would restore her son's sight and the father who encouraged him to strive for that distant mountaintop. And he tells the story of his dream to climb the world's Seven Summits, and how he is turning that dream into astonishing reality (something fewer than a hundred mountaineers have done). From the snow-capped summit of McKinley to the towering peaks of Aconcagua and Kilimanjaro to the ultimate challenge, Mount Everest, this is a story about daring to dream in the face of impossible odds. It is about finding the courage to reach for that ultimate summit, and transforming your life into something truly miraculous. "An inspiration to other blind people and plenty of us folks who can see just fine."-Jon Krakauer, New York Times bestselling author of Into Thin Air Praise for Touch the Top of the World “I’ve been taking note of your remarkable career for a couple of years now. To say that I am impressed would be an understatement. As a climber who has all too frequently felt my forearms turn to mush on steep Fountain Formation sandstone while I desperately tried to find a decent hold or coax a recalcitrant cam into a flaring crack, I have a very clear sense of what it would be like to be in that situation without being able to see what I was doing. I would insist that taking the sharp end on steep, technical rock is impossible for a blind guy—had you not repeatedly demonstrated that it is indeed possible. I admire you immensely for busting through this huge barrier.” —Jon Krakauer “Any fully sighted person might be proud of [Weihenmayer’s] feats; to have achieved them without sight is quite amazing.” — The Washington Post Book World “In blind mountaineer Erik Weihenmayer’s admirable Touch the Top of the World , we’re treated to his alpine exploits . . . [as] he scales the storied multi-day Nose route on Yosemite’s El Capitan . . . that many sighted climbers would envy.” — Seattle Weekly ERIK WEIHENMAYER is a world-class athlete: acrobatic skydiver, long-distance biker, marathon ru...
