Wehenmayer climbed Mount Everest.” Born legally blind and could only see shapes and shadows”. “Twenty five years later Erik Weihenmayer triumphantly stood atop Mount Everest…” (Shrieves 1). Although, the adversity was really hard as a child. He could not do the thing that most kids can do. “Blind since age thirteen the victim of a rare hereditary disease of the rectal he began attacking Mount Everest in his early twenties” (Greenfield 552). He could not see, so he decided to do something about his …show more content…
When he was given money, tgese boys would still the money from him. They jumped him and robbed him. He was very hungry because his family does not have much money, and what they do have was stolen from him. “it’s what little boys get when their hungry.” (Wright 112). His mother had to explain to him what he was feeling because of his hunger after the boys took jumped Richard his mom wanted him to become strong, so she made him learn to stick up for himself. “I’m going to teach you to stick up for yourself up” (Wright 115). Which, doesn’t seem all that bad until it happened repeatedly. Those boys continued to jump him and hurt him