[Blindtlk] Fw: [Nfbf-l] Erik Weihenmeyer on ExpeditionImpossible

Tue Aug 30 17:02:05 UTC 2011

Oh you have not dampened anything people, it just shows me what your 
thoughts are about him, and what he is doing. If we cannot give him what he 
wants at convention this year, maybe then he would consider other options in 
the future.

Again, I agree whole heartedly that we the National Federation of the Blind, 
should be in his vocabulary and not a side note, he does mention on his 
website that we did give him the funds along with other sponsors to do the 
Mt. Everest Climb.

Not everyone is going to take the help we give them and give us the 
notoriety or I am trying to think of the correct wording to put here, that 
we should be given in helping someone.

We have scholarships that we give students, and I am one of them and very 
honored that I got it from the State of NY and stay and work to make changes 
in the world for us the blind, but when I was trying to start a Suffolk 
County Chapter here on Long Island, and was given peoples names and phone 
numbers that were in our system to let them know about the chapter being 
created, many former students that had won scholarships have told me, well 
yes I am a scholarship winner, but I am now an ACB member or I was just 
there to get help for college.

Some elderly people don't want to be part of anything.

That is the problem around here, either you are a student or elderly, I 
can't seem to find the ones in the middle that would be interested in being 
members.

Again, I get long winded, ROFL.

My point is not everyone is going to take our help and return to be part of 
us, or acknowledge us, that was the word I was speaking of.

Hey if Erik doesn't come, he doesn't come.

Leading the Way in Independent Travel!

Cheryl Echevarria
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gary Wunder" <GWunder at earthlink.net>
To: "'Blind Talk Mailing List'" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2011 12:36 PM
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Fw: [Nfbf-l] Erik Weihenmeyer on 
ExpeditionImpossible

> Hi Cheryl. We are not saying that Erik doesn't do good for others; we are
> simply saying that it saddens us that he doesn't do more for an 
> organization
> which stood front-and-center in defending his right to climb and 
> supporting
> it financially. He, with our help, showed how one can climb a mountain; 
> much
> of our work involves showing blind folks that we can get up and climb the
> hill day by day, that we may never be seen as heroes, but through our 
> daily
> climb, we can be seen as normal and responsible human beings.
>
> In nothing I've posted have I wanted to dampen your attempt to think out 
> of
> the box. You are taking seriously the strengthening of a Division. Go for
> it, my friend. You have my admiration.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of cheryl echevarria
> Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2011 10:34 AM
> To: Blind Talk Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Fw: [Nfbf-l] Erik Weihenmeyer on
> ExpeditionImpossible
>
> All:
>
> Here is also part of what Erik does with the celebrity.
>
> This was part of the contact with me and his father.
>
> "You may have heard of our Soldiers to the Summit Expedition.  Last 
> October,
>
> Erik and his Everest team,  celebrating their 10th anniversary of Everest,
> led 10 soldiers injured in Iraq and Afghanistan to a major Himalayan peak.
> Seven summited:  3 leg amputees,  one woman who spent 3 years in a
> wheelchair due to a bomb blast,  two with severe brain trauma...and one
> blinded in an expolsion,  Steve Baskis,  with severe damage to his left 
> arm.
>
> A film is in production and will go on a national tour next year"
>
>
> Leading the Way in Independent Travel!
>
> Cheryl Echevarria
> http://www.echevarriatravel.com
> 631-456-5394
> reservations at echevarriatravel.com
>
> Affiliated as an Independent Contractor with Superior Travel, located in
> Baldwin, NY. www.superiortravel.com
>
> Affiliated as an Independent Contractor with Absolute Cruise & Travel, 
> Inc.
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Cindy Handel" <cindy425 at verizon.net>
> To: "Blind Talk Mailing List" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2011 10:49 AM
> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Fw: [Nfbf-l] Erik Weihenmeyer on
> ExpeditionImpossible
>
>
> > Cheryl,
> >
> > There are a lot of blind people who travel the world very successfully
> > everyday.  The thing is, most don't want personal accolades for doing 
> > it.
> > Just because a person is blind doesn't make him a good representative or
> > role model.  Celebrity and sensationalism will draw people.  But, the
> > message has to go along with the NFB philosophy.
> >
> > Cindy
> >
> >
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