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www.readinga-Climbing Mountains:An Interview withErik WeihenmayerClimbing Mountains:An Interview with Erik WeihenmayerA Reading AZ Level W Leveled BookWord Count:2,346Visit www.readinga- for thousands of books and materials.Written by Kathie LesterLEVELED BOOK WWritten by Kathie LesterClimbing Mountains:An Interview with Erik WeihenmayerLevel W Leveled Book Learning AZWritten by Kathie LesterIllustrated by Craig FrederickAll rights reserved.www.readinga-Photo Credits:Cover,back cover,title page,pages 6,7,8,11,12,15,16,17,20,21,22,23:Didrik Johnck;pages 3,5,13,14,18:Photos courtesy of Erik Weihenmayers family;page 19:Royalty-Free CORBISwww.readinga-Climbing Mountains:An Interview withErik WeihenmayerCorrelationLEVEL WS4040Fountas&PinnellReading RecoveryDRA2324Interviewer:So in other words,people will follow you when you act rather than when you try to gather them up behind you by talking to them?Erik:Yes.You need to gather a good team of people who believe in you,but what moves the world forward are people who are willing to step out and take the sharp end.Glossaryavalanche a large mass of snow and ice sliding down a mountain(p.10)Braille a system of printing for the blind that uses raised dots for letters(p.15)couloirs open,deep gorges or gullies usually containing snow or ice(p.7)crampons metal spikes attached to the bottom of boots to allow firm walking on snow or ice(p.8)crevasses deep cracks,especially in glacier ice(p.9)documentary film that dramatically shows factual events(p.18)echolocation a way of locating objects by sending out a sound and measuring how long it takes to bounce back(p.12)endurance the ability to make it through suffering and strain(p.6)genetic having to do with heredity and variation of living things(p.3)outcasts people who are rejected by society (p.15)terrain the characteristics of a piece of land(p.7)vibration a rapid back and forth movement (p.8)Explore MoreTo learn more about how Erik has pushed past the limits placed on him by blindness,read his book,Touch the Top of the World:A Blind Mans Journey to Climb Farther Than the Eye Can See.To learn more about Erik,visit his Web site at Erik reached the Seven Summits with teams that believed in him.ErikClimbing Mountains:An Interview with Erik Weihenmayer Level WWritten by Kathie LesterClimbing Mountains:An Interview with Erik WeihenmayerLevel W Leveled Book Learning AZWritten by Kathie LesterIllustrated by Craig FrederickAll rights reserved.www.readinga-Photo Credits:Cover,back cover,title page,pages 6,7,8,11,12,15,16,17,20,21,22,23:Didrik Johnck;pages 3,5,13,14,18:Photos courtesy of Erik Weihenmayers family;page 19:Royalty-Free CORBISwww.readinga-Climbing Mountains:An Interview withErik WeihenmayerCorrelationLEVEL WS4040Fountas&PinnellReading RecoveryDRA2324Interviewer:So in other words,people will follow you when you act rather than when you try to gather them up behind you by talking to them?Erik:Yes.You need to gather a good team of people who believe in you,but what moves the world forward are people who are willing to step out and take the sharp end.Glossaryavalanche a large mass of snow and ice sliding down a mountain(p.10)Braille a system of printing for the blind that uses raised dots for letters(p.15)couloirs open,deep gorges or gullies usually containing snow or ice(p.7)crampons metal spikes attached to the bottom of boots to allow firm walking on snow or ice(p.8)crevasses deep cracks,especially in glacier ice(p.9)documentary film that dramatically shows factual events(p.18)echolocation a way of locating objects by sending out a sound and measuring how long it takes to bounce back(p.12)endurance the ability to make it through suffering and strain(p.6)genetic having to do with heredity and variation of living things(p.3)outcasts people who are rejected by society (p.15)terrain the characteristics of a piece of land(p.7)vibration a rapid back and forth movement (p.8)Explore MoreTo learn more about how Erik has pushed past the limits placed on him by blindness,read his book,Touch the Top of the World:A Blind Mans Journey to Climb Farther Than the Eye Can See.To learn more about Erik,visit his Web site at Erik reached the Seven Summits with teams that believed in him.ErikClimbing Mountains:An Interview with Erik Weihenmayer Level W2122Interviewer:Whats your message for other people who are facing difficult challenges?Erik:I dont climb to prove that blind people can climb mountains;I climb because I like it.But when a blind person stands on top of a mountain,it makes people reconsider what they think is possible.I think doors are opened because of that.People think less about what they cant do and more about what they might be able to do.We dont have to live our lives completely the way we,or others,expect them to be.Kids will pioneer new things in their lives that right now we cant even dream of.There are so many opportunities to nudge society forward.People write off their own ability to change the world,especially kids,but we all have extraordinary power in our own two hands.Interviewer:Is there anything else you want to share with the people who will read this book?Erik:Ive learned from the mountains that you dont have to be the fastest,or the smartest,or the most popular,or the person with the best eyesight to be a leader.You need some skill,but you also need a vision of who you are and what kind of person you want to be.Then you need a lot of courage to carry it through.Many adults try to lead through their intentions and words,but I think you lead best by your actions.Climbers call it“taking the sharp end of the rope,”which means actually getting out there and climbing.When I think about leadership,its about taking the sharp endit shows in your decisions rather than in your words.The Climbing Blind Tibet 2004 team celebrates.Erik takes the sharp end of the rope by continuing to climb.Climbing Mountains:An Interview with Erik Weihenmayer Level W34Erik Weihenmayer,36 years old,has climbed the Seven Summits,the highest peaks on each of the seven continents.He was born with a genetic condition that caused him to lose his sight by age 13.Erik was interviewed the day before leaving for Tibet,where he was to lead six blind Tibetan teenagers up a 23,100-foot mountain.You can read about this climb at .Interviewer:Can you see at all,or is everything black?Erik:Its your eyes that go blind,not your brain,so I imagine an outline or shades of color.If I hear someone talking,I imagine a face and a body.Interviewer:Is it like how I picture people when I talk to them on the phone?Erik:Exactly.Its a fuzzy outline of things that my brain fills in so I understand the shape of the world.Interviewer:How did you feel when you lost your sight?Erik:Like a raccoon thats been cornered I didnt know what to do or who to turn to.I just panicked.I didnt know what would happen to me as a result of being blind,just that everything seemed harder.I didnt want to be helpless or removed from everyone else in the world.I had a lot of fears,and a lot of anger bubbled beneath the surface;but I gradually realized I had to accept it.Things end in your life,and thats the way it is.You know,some things die,some things are reborn,and you have to renew yourself.Rock climbing was one of the ways I did that.Eriks Seven Summits(from highest to lowest)9,000 m8,000 m7,000 m6,000 m5,000 m4,000 m3,000 m2,000 m1,000 m1 Everest Nepal/Tibet,Asia 29,035 feet(8,848 m)2 Aconcagua Argentina,South America 22,840 feet(6,962 m)3 Denali(Mt.McKinley)Alaska,North America 20,320 feet(6,195 m)4 Kilimanjaro Tanzania,Africa 19,339 feet(5,963 m)5 Elbrus Russia,Europe 18,481 feet(5,633 m)6 Vinson Massif Ellsworth Range,Antarctica 16,067 feet(4,897 m)7 Kosciuszko New South Wales,Australia 7,310 feet(2,228 m)1234567Climbing Mountains:An Interview with Erik Weihenmayer Level W34Erik Weihenmayer,36 years old,has climbed the Seven Summits,the highest peaks on each of the seven continents.He was born with a genetic condition that caused him to lose his sight by age 13.Erik was interviewed the day before leaving for Tibet,where he was to lead six blind Tibetan teenagers up a 23,100-foot mountain.You can read about this climb at .Interviewer:Can you see at all,or is everything black?Erik:Its your eyes that go blind,not your brain,so I imagine an outline or shades of color.If I hear someone talking,I imagine a face and a body.Interviewer:Is it like how I picture people when I talk to them on the phone?Erik:Exactly.Its a fuzzy outline of things that my brain fills in so I understand the shape of the world.Interviewer:How did you feel when you lost your sight?Erik:Like a raccoon thats been cornered I didnt know what to do or who to turn to.I just panicked.I didnt know what would happen to me as a result of being blind,just that everything seemed harder.I didnt want to be helpless or removed from everyone else in the world.I had a lot of fears,and a lot of anger bubbled beneath the surface;but I gradually realized I had to accept it.Things end in your life,and thats the way it is.You know,some things die,some things are reborn,and you have to renew yourself.Rock climbing was one of the ways I did that.Eriks Seven Summits(from highest to lowest)9,000 m8,000 m7,000 m6,000 m5,000 m4,000 m3,000 m2,000 m1,000 m1 Everest Nepal/Tibet,Asia 29,035 feet(8,848 m)2 Aconcagua Argentina,South America 22,840 feet(6,962 m)3 Denali(Mt.McKinley)Alaska,North America 20,320 feet(6,195 m)4 Kilimanjaro Tanzania,Africa 19,339 feet(5,963 m)5 Elbrus Russia,Europe 18,481 feet(5,633 m)6 Vinson Massif Ellsworth Range,Antarctica 16,067 feet(4,897 m)7 Kosciuszko New South Wales,Australia 7,310 feet(2,228 m)1234567Climbing Mountains:An Interview with Erik Weihenmayer Level W2122Interviewer:Whats your message for other people who are facing difficult challenges?Erik:I dont climb to prove that blind people can climb mountains;I climb because I like it.But when a blind person stands on top of a mountain,it makes people reconsider what they think is possible.I think doors are opened because of that.People think less about what they cant do and more about what they might be able to do.We dont have to live our lives completely the way we,or others,expect them to be.Kids will pioneer new things in their lives that right now we cant even dream of.There are so many opportunities to nudge society forward.People write off their own ability to change the world,especially kids,but we all have extraordinary power in our own two hands.Interviewer:Is there anything else you want to share with the people who will read this book?Erik:Ive learned from the mountains that you dont have to be the fastest,or the smartest,or the most popular,or the person with the best eyesight to be a leader.You need some skill,but you also need a vision of who you are and what kind of person you want to be.Then you need a lot of courage to carry it through.Many adults try to lead through their intentions and words,but I think you lead best by your actions.Climbers call it“taking the sharp end of the rope,”which means actually getting out there and climbing.When I think about leadership,its about taking the sharp endit shows in your decisions rather than in your words.The Climbing Blind Tibet 2004 team celebrates.Erik takes the sharp end of the rope by continuing to climb.Climbing Mountains:An Interview with Erik Weihenmayer Level W1920Im also a Verizon Literacy Champion for the American Foundation for the Blind.I speak to different educational groups about the need for blind kids to learn Braille,just like sighted kids need to learn print.This literacy program is publicizing the need for people to learn to translate books into Braille.Interviewer:What are your next goals?Erik:I would like to climb hard for another four or five years.Climbing goals never end.I have a list a mile longice faces in Alaska,rock faces in Canada,rock and ice faces in the Alps,climbs in Chile and Peru and the Himalayas.the list goes on and on.Erik treks up to Everest base camp.Having made it to Everests summit doesnt mean he is finished climbing.Braille uses patterns of raised dots that are read using your fingers.Climbing Mountains:An Interview with Erik Weihenmayer Level W56Interviewer:How did you get started in climbing?Erik:The Carroll Center for the Blind(in Newton,Massachusetts,USA)had an activities program for blind kids.Blind kids cant participate in team ball sports,so when,in addition to cross-country skiing and sailing,they took us rock climbing,I knew Id found something I could do that was really exciting.Interviewer:How did you learn to rock climb?Erik:At first someone gave me detailed instructions like“reach right”and“put your foot farther left,”but now I climb much more independently by feeling the cracks and pockets in the rock.Interviewer:What does mountain climbing mean to you?Erik:The scenery is excitingthe sounds,how the rock feels under my hands,the sun in my face,the ways the ground changes under my feet,the variations in the texture of the ice and snow.Its exciting to challenge the environment with my team,using my skill and endurance,bringing uncontrollable situations under control.Erik,right,and fellow climbers on Mt.Ama Dablam in Khumbu,near Mt.EverestErik Weihenmayer,early climbing yearsClimbing Mountains:An Interview with Erik Weihenmayer Level W56Interviewer:How did you get started in climbing?Erik:The Carroll Center for the Blind(in Newton,Massachusetts,USA)had an activities program for blind kids.Blind kids cant participate in team ball sports,so when,in addition to cross-country skiing and sailing,they took us rock climbing,I knew Id found something I could do that was really exciting.Interviewer:How did you learn to rock climb?Erik:At first someone gave me detailed instructions like“reach right”and“put your foot farther left,”but now I climb much more independently by feeling the cracks and pockets in the rock.Interviewer:What does mountain climbing mean to you?Erik:The scenery is excitingthe sounds,how the rock feels under my hands,the sun in my face,the ways the ground changes under my feet,the variations in the texture of the ice and snow.Its exciting to challenge the environment with my team,using my skill and endurance,bringing uncontrollable situations under control.Erik,right,and fellow climbers on Mt.Ama Dablam in Khumbu,near Mt.EverestErik Weihenmayer,early climbing yearsClimbing Mountains:An Interview with Erik Weihenmayer Level W1920Im also a Verizon Literacy Champion for the American Foundation for the Blind.I speak to different educational groups about the need for blind kids to learn Braille,just like sighted kids need to learn print.This literacy program is publicizing the need for people to learn to translate books into Braille.Interviewer:What are your next goals?Erik:I would like to climb hard for another four or five years.Climbing goals never end.I have a list a mile longice faces in Alaska,rock faces in Canada,rock and ice faces in the Alps,cli
