Touch the Top of the WorldWeihenmayer, Erik

Touch the Top of the World

Weihenmayer, Erik

Biographies & Memoirs

Plume

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

Touch the Top of the World: A Blind Man's Journey to Climb Farther than the Eye Can See: My Story

Community & Culture

Penguin Publishing Group

About the Author Erik Weihenmayer is a world-class athlete: acrobatic skydiver, long distance biker and marathon runner, skier, mountaineer, ice climber, and rock climber. Erik lectures professionally to over 40,000 people a year on the importance of living your dreams no matter the obstacles. He lives in Colorado. To download an audio excerpt from Erik Weihenmayer's Touch the Top of the World, visit the American Foundation for the Blind Web site.

SM Touch the Top of the World

Self-Help

Personal Transformation

The inspiring true tale of a mountain climber who was diagnosed with a degenerative eye disorder traces his struggle to ascend the "Seven Summits" in the wake of the bad news. 35,000 first printing.

Touch the Top of the World: A Blind Man's Journey to Climb Farther Than the Eye Can See

Dutton Adult

The Adversity Advantage: Turning Everyday Struggles into Everyday Greatness

The author of The Adversity Quotient and a blind mountaineer famed for his record-breaking ascents of the world's highest peaks reveal an inspirational seven-step plan to harnessing the power of everyday adversity to advance one's career. 50,000 first printing.

Business & Money

Stoltz, Paul

Business Culture

Touchstone

[Read by Nick Sullivan] 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 turned that dream into astonishing reality, something fewer than two hundred mountaineers have achieved.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 transform your life into something truly miraculous.

Travelers & Explorers

Chivers Audio Books

2018 Colorado Book Awards finalist in Creative Nonfiction, and National Bestseller and Honorable Mention Award Winner in the Outdoor Literature category of the 2017 National Outdoor Book Awards (NOBA) ― “A beautiful book about family and finding a way to achieve more than you ever thought possible.” ―Brad Meltzer, NYT bestselling author
Erik Weihenmayer is the first and only blind person to summit Mount Everest, the highest point on Earth. Descending carefully, he and his team picked their way across deep crevasses and through the deadly Khumbu Icefall; when the mountain was finally behind him, Erik knew he was going to live. His expedition leader slapped him on the back and said something that would affect the course of Erik’s life: “Don’t make Everest the greatest thing you ever do.”
No Barriers is Erik’s response to that challenge. It is the moving story of his journey since descending Mount Everest: from leading expeditions around the world with blind Tibetan teenagers to helping injured soldiers climb their way home from war, from adopting a son from Nepal to facing the most terrifying reach of his life: to solo kayak the thunderous whitewater of the Grand Canyon.
Along the course of Erik’s journey, he meets other trailblazers―adventurers, scientists, artists, and activists―who, despite trauma, hardship, and loss, have broken through barriers of their own. These pioneers show Erik surprising ways forward that surpass logic and defy traditional thinking.
Like the rapids of the Grand Canyon, created by inexorable forces far beneath the surface, No Barriers is a dive into the heart and mind at the core of the turbulent human experience. It is an exploration of the light that burns in all of us, the obstacles that threaten to extinguish that light, and the treacherous ascent towards growth and rebirth.

No Barriers: A Blind Man's Journey to Kayak the Grand Canyon

Levy, Buddy

Thomas Dunne Books

2018 Colorado Book Awards finalist in the Creative Nonfiction and National Bestseller and Honorable Mention Award Winner in the Outdoor Literature category of the 2017 National Outdoor Book Awards (NOBA) ― “A beautiful book about family and finding a way to achieve more than you ever thought possible.” ―Brad Meltzer, New York Times bestselling author
Erik Weihenmayer is the first and only blind person to summit Mount Everest, the highest point on Earth. Descending carefully, he and his team picked their way across deep crevasses and through the deadly Khumbu Icefall; when the mountain was finally behind him, Erik knew he was going to live. His expedition leader slapped him on the back and said something that would affect the course of Erik’s life: “Don’t make Everest the greatest thing you ever do.”
No Barriers is Erik’s response to that challenge. It is the moving story of his journey since descending Mount Everest: from leading expeditions around the world with blind Tibetan teenagers to helping injured soldiers climb their way home from war, from adopting a son from Nepal to facing the most terrifying reach of his life: to solo kayak the thunderous whitewater of the Grand Canyon.
Along the course of Erik’s journey, he meets other trailblazers―adventurers, scientists, artists, and activists―who, despite trauma, hardship, and loss, have broken through barriers of their own. These pioneers show Erik surprising ways forward that surpass logic and defy traditional thinking.
Like the rapids of the Grand Canyon, created by inexorable forces far beneath the surface, No Barriers is a dive into the heart and mind at the core of the turbulent human experience. It is an exploration of the light that burns in all of us, the obstacles that threaten to extinguish that light, and the treacherous ascent towards growth and rebirth.

A Thomas Dunne Book for St. Martin's Griffin

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Touch the Top of the World

Touch the Top of the World: A Blind Man's Journey to Climb Farther than the Eye Can See: My Story

SM Touch the Top of the World

Touch the Top of the World: A Blind Man's Journey to Climb Farther Than the Eye Can See

The Adversity Advantage: Turning Everyday Struggles into Everyday Greatness

The Adversity Advantage: Turning Everyday Struggles into Everyday Greatness

Touch the Top of the World: A Blind Man's Journey to Climb Farther Than the Eye Can See

Touch the Top of the World: A Blind Man's Journey to Climb Farther Than the Eye Can See

No Barriers: A Blind Man's Journey to Kayak the Grand Canyon

No Barriers: A Blind Man's Journey to Kayak the Grand Canyon