Touch the Top of the WorldAcknowledgments
Introduction: McKinley's Kahiltna Glacier
1. Quasimodo
2. A World In-Between
3. Helplessness
4. Faint Recognition
5. Blind Warriors
6. Wizard, the Chick Magnet
7. Flailing to Independence
8. Perceptions
9. Thirty Sets of Eyes
10. Blind Faith
11. Preparation
12. Zero Zero
13. "Big" Changes
14. Uhuru
15. Moving Through Darkness
16. The Nose
17. The Slag Heap
18. I Did Not Die
19. The Song of the Sirens
Epilogue
Everest
ERIK WEIHENMAYER is a bestselling author, athlete, adventurer, and
motivational speaker. He is the only blind person to reach the
summit of Mount Everest. He also completed the Seven Summits,
joining 150 mountaineers who have accomplished that feat, but the
only climber who was blind. He is the author ofTouch the Top of the
WorldandThe Adversity Advantage.His latest book is No Barriers- A
Blind Man's Journey to Kayak the Grand Canyon. He co-founded No
Barriers USA, which helps those with special challenges to live
active and purposeful lives. He lives in Colorado.
To download an audio excerpt from Touch the Top of the World, visit
the American Foundation for the Blind Web site.
"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
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