CONTENTS

Title Page

Copyright Notice

Dedication

Foreword

Epigraph

Prologue

  1. Vision

  2. The Dream Factory

  3. Blind Summit

  4. Alchemy

  5. Déséquilibre

  6. The Bucket Champion

  7. Leading the Way

  8. Anita, My Love

  9. A Grain of Sand

10. The Adventure Glutton

11. Arjun’s Playground

12. “Not My Yak!”

13. The Gates of Lodore

14. Bath Towels and Packing Tape

15. Soldiers to Summits

16. The Open-Heart Policy

17. Whirlpools

18. Eighteen Clicks

19. The Other Blind Guy

20. The Blindest Man in the World

21. Eddied Out

22. Smile

23. The Weight of Water

24. Flow

25. Lava

Epilogue

Acknowledgments

Photos

Also by Erik Weihenmayer

About the Authors

Copyright