Erik Weihenmayer appears on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (Hardwear Sessions)

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Erik Weihenmayer appears on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Clouds and Mountain

Erik Weihenmayer, the first blind man to summit Everest, returned to the Himalayas with a team of six blind Tibetan teenagers. A team of filmmakers followed Erik and the teenagers, documenting the expedition. The filmmakers created Blindsight, an extraordinary documentary of the their journey up Lhaka Ri, a 23,000 ft. peak on the north side of Mt. Everest.

This month, Blindsight was released in Australian theaters. Sharon O'Neill, of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation interviewed Erik on February 7th, 2008.

Listen to the interview, or read the transcript.