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trueinspiration

i recently had the opportunity to hear erik weihenmayer speak and wasn't going to miss it. truly inspiring. on top of this, i was excited about the location: historic east high school at city park in denver. yes, i am a dork who takes such interest in local architecture.
just in august 2008 he completed his voyage to climb the seven summits- reaching the highest mountain on each of the seven continents.

[in no order]
mt. kilimanjaro | africa
mt. mckinley | north america
vinson massif | antarctica
elbrus | europe
kosciuszko | australia
carstensz pyramid | austral-asia
[when in the hoo-hah did we get a new continent?]
everest | asia
aconcagua | south america

fewer than 100 mountaineers have accomplished this triumph.


"people get trapped into thinking about just one way of doing things"
-erik weihenmayer, blind rock climber

yes, you read that correctly. he, in fact, is blind. making this feat all the more unbelievable and astounding. his words touched me deeply in my passion for seeing more of this world and climbing to the summit of life's many pursuits.