tell me more about blind man who summits mount everest?
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An American man, Erik Weihenmayer, has become the first blind man to successfully reach the summit of Mount Everest. The following links will take you to websites with more information concerning this incredible story. If the google search is available to you simply type in his name and Mount Everest and it will give you many more websites to research.\n\nMommaToldMe...to reach for the sky.
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Radhanath Sikdar was a Bengali Indian mathematician who calculated the height of Peak XV in the Himalaya and discovered it to be the tallest mountain above sea level. Peak XV was later renamed Mount Everest.\n\nSikdar worked for the Surveyor General of India, a division of the British Raj in India at that time. He joined the Great Trigonometric Survey in 1840 and was educated at the Hindu College (now called Presidency College) in Calcutta, India. In 1854, he started the journal Masik Patrika, for the education and empowerment of Bengali women.
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the Dalai Lama is the incarnation of Buddha.\nSo i'm gonna say Armani because of his glasses.
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It depends of what you want to know...some basic information for you: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountain_climbing\n\nbut feel free to drop an e-mail if you want something more specific.\n\nM
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I've gone to the highest top of a mountain for a guy,literly. he loved to mountain climb, so i climbed and at the top he dumped me!!!!!!
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goto burton.com, shaunwhite.com, oakley.com all should have a bio on him, in the team section. probably even the us olympic team webstie should. i think you can get to it fomr nbc.com
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http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Schools+to+teach+the+blind&btnG=Google+Search, \n\nhttp://search.msn.com/results.aspx?q=colleges+to+teach+the+blind&FORM=MSNH\n\nand might I add that I think you are doing a great job and an unbelieveable service to all...yes to all of us...I admire YOU!
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I cannot answer in your question about his views. Sorry. But I owe to say that if Dalai Lama is enlightened because of the reincarnation story, then you can call me Ian Curtis. He died at 18 May 80. My Birthday.\n\nbut of course he is the fascinating little guy.
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I've read a book on this and if I can find the copy I'll tell you the name of it.  No, a person who has been blind since birth do not actually see but they dream of their auditory senses, smell and touch.  They experience what life has given to them.  \n\nThere has been acutal sight incidences with blind people who where blind since birth in a near death experience.  They said that what they saw was a blinding light, something that they have never experienced in life.
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As the mother of a blind child, the answer is definately blind. My 16 y.o. son was born blind. It was heartbreaking. But we have taught him he can do anything except drive and fly a plane. And that's the truth. To see the world would be fantastic. He so wishes he could. But, to be deaf, you cannot communicate except through sign language or by reading lips. Either way you have to be looking towards the person. One would never hear music. Hear the world, noises, and the people around us. Sometimes this is a blessing with the words being used today! But, it is so much better to hear that puppy growl and hold it, feel the softness than just see it run around. We have allowed our son to touch everything we can think of and explore it with his hands, hear it, feel the texture and the temperature, taste it if possible. No he cannot see a rainbow. But a deaf person can't hear one either. Our son can't draw well or sign his name very legibly. But, I'll bet you it is a heck of a lot better than 1/2 of the people on this earth. Many whom are illiterate and some who are not and are just too stupid or ignorant to write. \n\nOur son has felt and heard dinosaurs, birds, horses, dogs, lions, elephants, snakes and much more. How many people have got to touch a real dinosaur skeleton and explore it with their hands. Other objects have been bought as stuffed or in minatures and he allowed to feel it. We arranged for a New Mexico zoo to allow it. Our son started learning braille when he was about 4 y.o. He was proficient by age 9. This includes the 26 letters of the alphabet, all the punctuation symbols used in writing, all the Math symbols, and 180 contractions such as ing, th ie, ar, ph. He has had to learn 4-5 times as much as all other kids his age and memorize it all. He is gifted musically and plays the piano beautifully. He has learned to play by ear with lessons taught and practiced with by using a tape recorder. Can a deaf person do this? And now we have books on tape. No good for a deaf person. There is a State Library in Austin where he can order and receive books in braille-many other places in the country, also for free. Sure a deaf person can read normally. But can only discuss it with another deaf person unless he writes it all down.  No he can't play sports, but there is not a sports commentary on the radio he cannot keep up with. They are so detailed. He does weight lifting, running, and goalball-a sport specifically for visually impaired kids instead. It has gone pro and has been an international game for years. It may soon be included in the Olympics. It is not a sport for wimps. There are some real hard hitters. Yes, our son has many struggles and challenges ahead of him. But for now he is an  A-B student planning on attending UT. His parents and close friends will be there to assure that he succeeds and becomes a productive, working member of society knowing how to utilize the resources around him to do what he cannot. How many sighted people have such a supportive backing?
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I've been reading everything I could find on this -- including a couple of forums with posters who actually climb mountains (including Everest).  A few facts:\n\n1.  David Sharp made a bad decision -- he didn't take enough oxygen.\n2.  The people who passed him were on their way UP, not down.  They could have helped without endangering their lives (more than they already had by climbing that high).  All they would have jeopardized is their chance to reach the summit.  They put their bragging rights ahead of a human life.\n3.  Worth noting:  Sir Edmund Hillary has condemned their actions.  He says that he would have turned back -- even on his summit attempt (FIRST successful summit of Everest in 1953) -- no record, no bragging rights, are worth more than a human life.\n4.  For those who say he would have died anyways, I have only two words -- Beck Weathers.  Beck was left to die on Everest in that horrible 1996 disaster because he was so close to death they "knew" they couldn't save him.  Not only did he have frostbite, but he had lost a mitten and his hand was frozen.  The searcher had to break the ice on his face to tell that he was still breathing.  Since it was "obvious" that he would be dead soon, they concentrated on getting others out who had a better chance of survival.  They were a bit shocked when, some hours later, Beck stumbled into camp.  They tucked him up with hot tea and sleeping bags and went back to trying to save others.  They didn't think he would survive the night.  He did.  He is still alive -- minus both hands, an arm, and I forget how much other damage.  But he survived.  \n\nJust in case it isn't clear, I stand with Sir Edmund Hillary on this one -- there is no excuse for not trying to help a climber in danger.  David Sharp made some bad decisions -- he didn't prepare adequately -- the 40 people who passed him also made a bad decision when they put their egos over his life.\n\nOh ... wrathpuppet -- it's not the same guy.  The one your link points to is Lincoln Hall.  He was higher than David Sharp -- and they got him down.  He's alive.
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Hmmm, that's interesting. Are blind people driving now? I dunno... Maybe so blind passenger's can understand banking mumbo jumbo too! Haha :)
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Mount Everest is the highest mountain on Earth, when measuring the height of its summit above sea level. Everest's summit ridge marks the border between Nepal and China. The summit of Mount Everest is rising at a rate of around 2.5 centimetres per year.\n\nIt is 8,848 metres (29,028 feet) above sea level.
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1. blind man enjoys walking near a cliff, and uses the sound of a buoy to gauge his distance from the edge. One day the buoy's anchor rope breaks, allowing the buoy to drift away from the shore, and the man walks over the edge of the cliff.\n\n2. A blind swimmer sets an alarm clock to tell him when and what direction to go to shore. The first bell is a buoy, which he mistakenly swims to, getting tired and drowning. Then the alarm clock goes off. In other variations, the first bell is a ship's bell, and/or the second bell is a hand-bell rung by a friend on shore at a pre-arranged time.\n\n3. The man falls off a belltower, pulling the bell-cord (perhaps he was climbing a steeple while hanging onto the rope), and dies. The second bell is one rung at his funeral. Could also be a variant on #1.75 (as suggested by Mike Neergaard): the bell-cord breaks when he falls (and there's no second bell involved).\n\n4. The man is a boxer. The first bell signals the start of a round; the second is either the end of the round or a funeral bell after he dies during the match. Could also be a variant on #1.75 (as suggested by Mike Neergaard): a boxing match in which the top rope breaks, tumbling a boxer to the floor (and he dies of a concussion).\n\netc...
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Ok. Write to me at <seabug_46@yahoo.com>. We have a countryman (from the Philippines) who is now climbing Mount Everest. I am a college professor in the philippines.
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You can find out all about the kind of dreams blind people have here...\nhttp://mind.ucsc.edu/dreams/Articles/hurovitz_1999a.html
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It indicates the person is near sighted.