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Two climbers overcame blindness and age to scale the world’s tallest mountain today.
Erik Weihenmeyer, 32, from Colorado, became the first blind climber to reach the summit of Mount Everest.
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CourtsHeathrowPlace: EverestPlace: ColoradoPlace: Mount EverestPlace: ConnecticutPlace: Mount McKinleyPlace: AlaskaPlace: Mount AconcaguaPlace: ArgentinaPlace: Mount KilimanjaroPlace: TanzaniaPerson: Erik WeihenmeyerPerson: Shermann BullPerson: Ang KarmaPerson: WeihenmeyerOrganisation: NepalOrganisation: Nepal Mountaineering Association
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