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

As a blind person, my most recurrent thought while reading this book was "Holy crap, why is he risking his fingers this way?" Sub-zero temperatures, even lower windchills, and clawing your way over jagged rocks by hand? Not for me, thank you very much. Actually, even if I had 20/20 vision I'd still h......more

The human part of the story, having sight and Erik's memory, and then the trouble started at a young age since he was blind at 13/14. This poignant and optimistic tack in lieu of other family tragedy would encourage anyone and perhaps have them closing the book and more grateful of what they do have.......more

This guy is blind and has climbed every mountain on earth. I cant even fit in my pants. This book really helps you realize how lazy you are. which is why I burned it and ate some ice cream.......more

This was a decent read that had me laughing at times. Thanks to his very graceful acceptance of his condition, he tells the story in a way that doesn't draw attention to his disability in the expected sense. He continually places it in a reducible context...which is very odd, considering that most p......more

My sister LOVES Eric Weihenmayer; he is her hero and she talks about him on a daily basis. She surprised me recently with a signed copy of this book. It was a very effective way to force me to read it so we could talk about him together. Weihenmayer -who went blind by the time he started high school-......more