How to Live Life with no Barriers with Erik Weihenmayer

The Dad Edge Podcast

Larry Hagner

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4.8 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 3 April 2017

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Erik Weihenmayer is an American athlete, adventurer, author, activist and motivational speaker. He is also the only blind person to reach the summit of Mount Everest. He talks about defying the odds, overcoming adversity, and how he uses his experiences to elevate his family. You do not want to miss today’s episode! For the show notes and links mentioned in this episode, CLICK HERE.

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0:00.0	defying the odds, overcoming adversity, and summiting the top of Mount Everest as a blind person.
0:08.0	Guys, today's podcast, you will not want to miss it.
0:13.0	We are men.
0:15.0	We are warriors.
0:17.0	We are dads with a purpose.
0:21.0	Dad's with an edge. We sharpen our skills so we can show up best for others.
0:27.0	We have one shot in life to be a dad. Why not make it epic?
0:37.0	Guys what is going on?
0:42.0	Welcome to the Good Dad Project podcast I'm Larry
0:44.8	Hagger and your host and founder of the GDP man hope you guys are having an
0:50.2	amazing week man today's podcast guys, you do not want to miss this one. It's
0:58.3	absolutely fantastic. So inspirational. This one by far is a game changer. Today I am interviewing a gentleman by the name of Eric Weinmayer and you guys might know who he is. I mean he's been in the in the media
1:14.4	and the news for a long time he is the first blind person to ever summit
1:20.1	the the Mount Everest to ever climb to the top of Mount Everest and he made it.
1:26.4	Not only that but I believe to date his team of 21, 19 members of his team out of 21 actually made the summit, so which actually, I believe is the current record for the for the teams that Summit Everest.
1:42.0	Just an incredible feat.
1:44.1	In today's interview, he's talking a lot
1:46.6	about what it means to be a father overcoming adversity.
1:50.6	He actually lost his sight at the age of 14. I mean 14 is kind of an awkward age anyway right I mean can you imagine
1:57.8	losing your sight at the age of 14 and and what that's like and the impact on your life.
2:03.0	But Eric does an amazing job of going through some of the things that he's been through,
2:09.0	the adversity he's been through.
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