On September 23，1968，Erik Weihenmayer was born with a disease called retinoschisis and became totally blind by the age of thirteen.

　　In 1987，he graduated from Weston High School in Connecticut.As the school's wrestling captain，he represented the state in National Freestyle Wrestling Championships.

　　In 1991，he graduated from Boston College.In the same year，he hiked the Pamir Mountains of Tajikistan.

　　In 1993，he received a master's degree in Middle School Education from Lesley College.In the same year，he attended an activity called Crossing the Batura Glacier.Also the same year he joined the staff at Phoenix Country Day School as an instructor.

　　In 1995，Erik reached the peak of Mount McKinley，North America's highest peak，sponsored by the American Foundation for the Blind.

　　In 1996，he carried the Olympic Torch through Phoenix.He was also chosen for the National Wrestling Hall of Fame，and received its Medal of Courage.

　　In 1997，he climbed his second continental peak，Mount Kilimanjaro，Africa.He married at the height of 13，000 feet.

　　In 1999，he climbed Argentina's Mount Aconcagua.Poor weather conditions forced his team to turn around just short of the peak.A following attempt on a separate trip was successful.

　　On May 25，2001，Erik Weihenmayer became the only blind man in history to reach the world's highest peak-Mt.Qomolangma.

　　In 2004，he led an expedition in Tibet called Climbing Blind Project，including blind teens from the Braille Without Borders school for blind at Lhasa，Tibet.

　　In 2006，he helped to lead a sponsored expedition，Leading the Way，to Peru.The expedition film，Fellowship of the Andes，premiered (首映) in New York City on 28th Oct 2006.

　　In 2011，he competed on the ABC reality show Expedition Impossible on the team No Limits.They did a great job.

　　【语篇解读】　本文是美国盲人登山家Erik Weihenmayer的传记年表。

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