[Njtechdiv] This book changed my life

[Jane Degenshein]

Well glad that you found strength in this book and then in yourself
BTW the book is also available on BARD:
Touch the top of the world: a blind man's journey to climb farther than the 
eye can see DB51505
Weihenmayer, Erik. Reading time: 12 hours, 3 minutes.
Read by Dan Bloom.

Sports and Recreation
Adventure
Disability

In this adventure-packed memoir, the author recalls rebelling against 
becoming blind by age fifteen. Relates acquiring a passion for 
mountaineering and developing the character traits that enabled him to 
succeed. Covers his climbing exploits and his wedding on top of Mount 
Kilimanjaro. Some strong language. 2001.


From: PRAMIT BHARGAVA via Njtechdiv
Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2019 7:37 AM
To: njtechdiv at nfbnet.org
Cc: PRAMIT BHARGAVA
Subject: [Njtechdiv] This book changed my life

Hello friends,



I am Pramit. I am visually impaired (cannot read at all).

A while back I finished reading this great book by Erik Weihenmayer, a blind 
mountaineer. Erik’s attitude towards life is so powerful and motivating that 
it really shook me up that I could focus on bigger things in life than 
getting trapped in the day to day nonsense.



The book’s title is “Touch the Top of the World: A Blind Man's Journey to 
Climb Farther than the Eye Can See”, and its available on Audible.



Hence this led to a resolution that I will single mindedly go after my 
passion to build better  tech solution which will work for me and in the 
process, hopefully, will work for broader visually impaired community.



Divine forces have enabled me to put together a tech startup with an equally 
motivated partner.



My interest in technology is due to it playing a pivotal role in keeping me 
working independendly even as my vision kept dropping since 1999.



Amongst other things, I am a voracious reader (hearer of audiobooks), I love 
meditating and I am also an experimental cook. I was lucky enough to reverse 
my diabetes through significant lifestyle changes about 10 years back. 
Sharing my learning and motivating others online is another interest area. I 
do this strictly on a non-commercial basis. Link: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2knVCQE9_70



Thanks

Pramit





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