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Erik Weihenmayer

Acting Princeton, New Jersey, USA 10 credits

Biography

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.

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Known for

Welcome to Earth

as Self - Mountaineer

Welcome to Earth

2021

Full filmography

  • Welcome to Earth (2021) as Self - Mountaineer
  • Welcome to Earth (2021)
  • Fine Lines (2019) as Self
  • The Weight of Water (2018) as Himself
  • Reel Rock 18 (2024)
  • Bear Grylls: Man vs Everest (2014) as Self
  • Blindsight (2006) as Self
  • Masters of Stone V (2000) as Self
  • Farther Than the Eye Can See (2003)
  • Soundscape (2023) as Self