Erik Weihenmayer
Actor
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.
Known for
Acting9
- 2024Reel Rock 18
- 2023Soundscape as Self
- 2019Fine Lines as Self
- 2018The Weight of Water as Himself
- 2014Bear Grylls: Man vs Everest as Self
- 2006Blindsight as Self
- 2006Mountains Without Barriers as Self
- 2003Farther Than the Eye Can See as Self
- 2000Masters of Stone V as Self