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issue 1 
september-october 2004
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Climbing Blind Expedition
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Soon after Erik Weihenmayer climbed Mt. Everest, the director of a school for the blind in Lhasa, Tibet, asked him to travel, once again, half-way around the world to visit their class. “Of course,” he said. “Can I take your class climbing?”
After training, these students are now going to attempt to climb a 23,100 foot mountain.
“If I can find a way to reach across race and culture, and shatter the boundaries which have been established through generations for disabled persons people of Tibet, and pass to them that same sense of joy and achievement with which I have been blessed, it will be the fulfillment of my climbing career,” said Erik Weihenmayer, Expedition Leader.
Other World News stories in this issue:
india wins first-ever gold in paralympics
graphic breakthrough for blind developed in israel