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Interview: Blindsight

posted by Nell Minow | 10:20am Thursday March 6, 2008

Producer Sybil Robson-Orr talks to Erik Weihenmeyer and Sabriye Tenberken about the documentary “Blindsight” — the story of six blind Tibetan teenagers who climbed the Lhakpa-Ri peak of Mount Everest, led by Weihenmeyer, the first blind man to climb Everest. In a culture where blindness is still seen as shameful, Tenberken, founder of the school for the blind in Tibet, arranged for Weihenmeyer to lead the expedition. The students were enthralled at the idea that a blind man would come to their part of the world to climb their mountain. Tenberken discusses conflicts about how to define “success” for the expedition and Weihenmeyer talks about what inspired him about the teenagers.



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