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neebee

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calif/texas
Topic Author's Original Post - Jun 18, 2009 - 01:55am PT
hey there, say..
i posted awhile back, about blind climbers... but i dont know if posted about erik... he made history as the first blind man to summit everest, and then,

stood as being the only man, being blind that has summited it.. but by now, six years later, there may be more news...

here are some links:
one link is raeally NEAT...
it is Q & A WITH NATIONAL GEOGRAFIC...

HERE IS LINKS:
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/comment/zillgitt/2001-03-29-zillgitt.htm

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2003/07/0730_030730_everest.html

http://7summits.com/forum/index.php?topic=78.0
neebee

Social climber
calif/texas
Topic Author's Reply - Jun 18, 2009 - 02:03am PT
hey there, say....

i better go back and finish reading the finer points fo the aritcle.. i may have missed somsething..
here's the links, i mean now:

http://www.touchthetop.com/
http://www.touchthetop.com/about.htm

as he too, is a motivational speaker... i am just now curious is these two guys started that trail on there own, or if some other folks encouraged them to step out and do that, with some kind of a group...



or if they started encouraging others and then got more organized about it, and thus able to reach more people.. such as schools and students...

i had never thought about that, i just assumed that folks alwahs just start out doing this on their own...
so i will go read a bit more...

well----very neat stuff for modern day KIDS TO READ.. as many kids now adays want things given to them, and with ease...
then---THEY REACH A LITTLE HARDSHIP, and seems they can't do a thing...

it is good for kids of all ages, to see that if you have a dream, you DO have to work for it... and it can possible come true, depending on how hard you want it,
how hard you work at it...
how many good folks you got in your corner, to cheer you on...
and (i'm adding this one) how much you pray for the good lord to keep leading the way, in case you get lost a might, with all the others issues in life, tending to crowd one...
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