288: Erik Weihenmayer | A Blind Man Sees No Barriers
Media Type |
audio
Publication Date |
Dec 10, 2019
Episode Duration |
01:12:59

Erik Weihenmayer (@ErikWeihenmayer) has kayaked the Grand Canyon and climbed Mount Everest -- blind. He is the author of Touch the Top of the World and co-author of No Barriers and The Adversity Advantage.

What We Discuss with Erik Weihenmayer:

  • How challenges unite us as human beings -- no matter our hardships or handicaps.
  • Why losing his sight as a teenager didn't discourage Erik from excelling beyond the capacity of the world's most accomplished extreme athletes.
  • How Erik embraces a "no barriers" philosophy to guide and lift others -- even when their own cultures seek to keep them down.
  • Why Erik's not "the blind climber," but a climber who happens to be blind -- and why this makes all the difference.
  • The instincts, senses, and technology that allow Erik to navigate around his dangerous terrains of choice without sight.
  • And much more...

Full show notes and resources can be found here: https://jordanharbinger.com/288

Sign up for Six-Minute Networking -- our free networking and relationship development mini course -- at jordanharbinger.com/course!

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Erik Weihenmayer talks to Jordan about climbing Everest, kayaking 277 miles down The Grand Canyon, and summiting every continent's tallest mountain ?— blind.

Erik Weihenmayer (@ErikWeihenmayer) has kayaked the Grand Canyon and climbed Mount Everest -- blind. He is the author of Touch the Top of the World and co-author of No Barriers and The Adversity Advantage.

What We Discuss with Erik Weihenmayer:

  • How challenges unite us as human beings -- no matter our hardships or handicaps.
  • Why losing his sight as a teenager didn't discourage Erik from excelling beyond the capacity of the world's most accomplished extreme athletes.
  • How Erik embraces a "no barriers" philosophy to guide and lift others -- even when their own cultures seek to keep them down.
  • Why Erik's not "the blind climber," but a climber who happens to be blind -- and why this makes all the difference.
  • The instincts, senses, and technology that allow Erik to navigate around his dangerous terrains of choice without sight.
  • And much more...

Full show notes and resources can be found here: https://jordanharbinger.com/288

Sign up for Six-Minute Networking -- our free networking and relationship development mini course -- at jordanharbinger.com/course!

Like this show? Please leave us a review here -- even one sentence helps! Consider including your Twitter handle so we can thank you personally!

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