Eric Alexander | Guide of First Blind Everest Ascent

Eric Alexander

Guide of First Blind Everest Ascent

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Eric Alexander
Biography

Renowned Mountaineer, accomplished speaker, and celebrated author, Eric Alexander has been a pioneer and advocate for people with disabilities. Most notably Eric stood atop mount Everest leading his blind friend, Erik Weihenmayer to a successful summit of the world's tallest peak, and was called Erik's guardian angel for safely guiding his descent from the summit. This multi-record setting team has been called, by Time magazine, the greatest team in history to climb Everest, and this ascent ranked among it's top 5 climbs ever by Outside magazine.

Climbing some of the world's highest and most daunting peaks with people who have disabilities has set Eric's climbing career apart and given him unique and innovative insights into the essence of leadership and teamwork. As a faithful team-mate, and as a leader of world class teams and expeditions around the globe, Eric captivates audiences worldwide through his engaging story telling, drawing his audience into these experiences, with emotion, laughter, truth and vulnerability in ways that will leave a lasting imprint on their lives.

Whether it's business or personal, we live in a world of uncertainty where fear and doubt can get the best of us. Eric has pushed through his own fears and doubts having come back from near fatal falls, pulmonary edema, pneumonia, and tragic losses, to learn that it is not all about "my" summit, but about helping others to reach theirs. It is this principle, on which Eric speaks, that will help your team get to the top.

When engaging an audience Eric likes to share his "recipe" for success speaking of the fundamentals of team spirit (because it is more than just work), trust, courage, faith and integrity. Today, Eric continues to climb and look for new challenges both personally and in the outdoors while challenging people to overcome the "Everest's" in their own lives redefining the limits of what we can achieve.

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Step Out

Dare to risk it all by stepping out in faith, acting on a God-given desire utilizing your unique gifts to accomplish a greater goal. Acting on faith gives one the chance to allow God to work when the task at hand seems to be too great--and usually is.

Prayer

As you step out in faith, 'Devote yourselves to prayer...'--Colossians 4:2. Ask others around you to pray as you yourself pray for God's guidance every step of the journey.

Teamwork

Taking on a monumental task, like guiding a blind man to the summit of Mt. Everest, is not something that a person can do alone. Eric details how this extraordinary achievement was made possible by team-members putting aside their individual differences for the greater good of the team. By utilizing each person's strengths this team was able to accomplish the "impossible" and prove to the world that underdog's can still play and win. As Christians we are all part of God's team serving an important function: 1 Corinthians 12:12 states that "the body is a unit, though it is made up of many parts." Maximize the different strengths, because a body of believers or a team that all have the same strengths will fail.

Courage

"...The Lord will guard your going out and your coming from this time forth and forever"--Psalm 121:8. Dare to risk it all when the "experts" say the risk is too great. Eric speaks of moving forward in spite of our fears, stepping out in faith and courage to prove, as he says, "that we are the experts on ourselves." Demonstrating this courage, Eric joined the Everest expedition after a nearly fatal accident climbing in the Himalayas the year before and showed his commitment to the team by not giving up. Eric shares that the task of climbing Everest in and of itself would require great courage, but the added responsibility of guiding his blind friend to the summit required far more. "Be strong and very courageous." Joshua 1:7

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