487 Success Without Seeing: How Erik Weihenmayer Climbed Everest & Kayaked the Grand Canyon Blind
The School of Greatness
Lewis Howes
4.8 • 22K Ratings
🗓️ 22 May 2017
⏱️ 57 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | This is episode number 487 with Eric Weinmeer |
| 0:07.8 | Welcome to the School of Greatness. My name is Lewis Howe's former pro athlete turn lifestyle entrepreneur in each week |
| 0:15.8 | We bring you an inspiring person or message to help you discover how to unlock your inner greatness |
| 0:22.9 | Thanks for spending some time with me today now let the class begin |
| 0:30.4 | Welcome everyone to today's show we've got Eric Weinmeer in the house who is the only blind person to reach the summit of |
| 0:41.6 | Mount Everest and in 2008 he completed the seven summits to the highest point of every continent |
| 0:49.2 | Eric's triumphs over some of the world's most incredible mountains were fueled from a growing |
| 0:55.7 | aspiration to take the lessons he learned in the mountains to help others |
| 1:01.0 | Shatter barriers in their lives and Eric co-founded a movement called no barriers and the mission is to help people with challenges |
| 1:08.6 | to turn into the storm of life face barriers head on and embrace |
| 1:14.2 | pioneering and innovative |
| 1:16.0 | Spirit and team up with great people to live rich in meaning and purpose and he also took on another crazy challenge in September |
| 1:24.6 | 2014 when he kayaked the entire |
| 1:28.5 | 277 miles of the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon and in this interview |
| 1:34.0 | We talk about how Eric sees with his brain even though he is completely blind |
| 1:40.0 | What happens when you turn into the storm of life |
| 1:44.0 | Teaching your mind how to suffer and why this is so important |
| 1:48.4 | What's on the other side of our biggest barriers and how to navigate the pivotal moments of our lives such a powerful |
| 1:56.8 | Experience connecting with Eric and I hope you guys enjoy this one as much as I enjoyed hearing his story |
| 2:03.1 | So without further ado, let me introduce to the one the only Eric Weinmeer |
| 2:11.2 | Welcome guys back to the School of greatness podcast. We have an incredible human being on |
| 2:17.4 | The show in the temple of greatness today his name is Eric |
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