‘01

The year Erik Weihenmayer became the first blind person to conquer the tallest mountain in the world.

Led by his close friends, and roped, Erik jumps crevasses to reach the summit.

When asked about this feat, he said, “I was confident I could do as well as anyone who goes to that mountain. And I knew I could turn back gracefully if necessary.” (more…)

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Years it took British adventurer Jason Lewis to circumnavigate the world using only human powered transportation.

Traveling across 5 continents, Lewis was robbed and beaten several times on his journey and had to dodge bandits, pirates and was once questioned as a spy in Egypt. (more…)

1998 The year John Maclean swam across the English Channel.

A feat only accomplished by 600 swimmers in over 130 years, John Maclean became a national hero and an inspirational swimmer when he became the first wheelchair athlete ever to swim across the trecerous channel. (more…)

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Days of ordeal, Nando Parrado and other survivors of a plane crash in Andes had to endure before being rescued. (more…)

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Albert Einstein’s age, when he still wasn’t talking.

Even when he finally did, he uttered his words twice. When he started school, he still had speech difficulty until the age of nine. (more…)

$50 Dollar, Paul Orfalea’s parents claimed cost them for every word he could read.

The Kinko’s founder was dyslexic, failed second grade and was tutored extensively without any success. In 1950’s the affliction was so rare, his family couldn’t understand why he didn’t know the alphabet. (more…)