Erik Weihenmayer

  • Born

    born September 23, 1968
  • Graduated from Weston High School in Connecticut, as the school's wrestling captain

  • He graduated from Boston College

  • Reached the 20,320 summit of Mt. Mckinley

  • He carried the Olympic Torch through Phoenix

  • He climbed his second continental summit, Kilimanjaro

  • He rode a tandem bike from Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh City

  • Climbed and summited Mt. Everest

  • He led an expedition in Tibet