Tag: Seven Summits

This day in histoy we feature Erik Weihenmayer. The first blind person to reach the summit of Mount Everest, in the Himalayas, was on this day in 2001. Trivia – Erik Weihenmayer  Erik Weihenmayer is an American athlete, adventurer, author, activist and motivational speaker. As a result of this accomplishment he was featured on the […]

ABU DHABI: Abdullah Al Muhairbi, an Emirati engineer, has created history after he scaled the 5,642-meter Mount Elbrus in Russia, and 6,962-meter Mount Aconcagua in Argentina in South America. These achievements are part of his mission to conquer the Seven Summits – the highest mountains of each of the seven continents. In 2015, he climbed […]