Erik Weihenmayer
Mountain Climber
First blind person to successfully climb Mt. Everest on May 25, 2001.
He went completely blind when he was thirteen years old from a disease called retinoschisis.
He was featured in a documentary called Blindsight in 2006.
He married his wife Ellen in 1997.
He was interviewed by Katie Couric after he climbed Mt. McKinley.