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<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=4>Well glad that you found strength in this
book
and then in yourself</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>BTW the book is also available on BARD:</FONT></DIV>
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style='href:
"https://nlsbard.loc.gov/nlsbardprod/download/detail/srch/DB51505"'><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Touch the top of the world: a blind man's journey to
climb farther than the eye can see DB51505</FONT></A></H4><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff"><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Weihenmayer, Erik. Reading time: 12 hours, 3
minutes.
<BR>Read by Dan Bloom. <BR><BR>Sports and
Recreation<BR>Adventure<BR>Disability<BR><BR>In this adventure-packed
memoir,
</FONT></FONT><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><SPAN
class=hghlght>the</SPAN><FONT
style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff"> author recalls rebelling against becoming
blind by age fifteen. Relates acquiring a passion for mountaineering and
developing </FONT><SPAN class=hghlght>the</SPAN><FONT
style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff"> character traits that enabled him to
succeed.
Covers his climbing exploits and his wedding on </FONT><SPAN
class=hghlght>top</SPAN><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff">
</FONT><SPAN
class=hghlght>of</SPAN><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff"> Mount
Kilimanjaro. Some strong language. 2001.</FONT></FONT></FONT><BR>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=njtechdiv@nfbnet.org
href="mailto:njtechdiv@nfbnet.org">PRAMIT BHARGAVA via Njtechdiv</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, February 19, 2019 7:37 AM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=njtechdiv@nfbnet.org
href="mailto:njtechdiv@nfbnet.org">njtechdiv@nfbnet.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Cc:</B> <A title=pramit.vision@gmail.com
href="mailto:pramit.vision@gmail.com">PRAMIT BHARGAVA</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> [Njtechdiv] This book changed my life</DIV></DIV></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: nunito; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline;
WHITE-SPACE: pre-wrap; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; font-variant-numeric:
normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal">Hello
friends, </SPAN></P><BR>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: nunito; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline;
WHITE-SPACE: pre-wrap; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; font-variant-numeric:
normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal">I
am Pramit. I am visually impaired (cannot read at all). </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: nunito; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline;
WHITE-SPACE: pre-wrap; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; font-variant-numeric:
normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal"><BR></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: nunito; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline;
WHITE-SPACE: pre-wrap; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; font-variant-numeric:
normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal"><BR></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: nunito; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline;
WHITE-SPACE: pre-wrap; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent;
font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal">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.</SPAN></P><BR>
<P
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LINE-HEIGHT: 1.38"
dir=ltr><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: nunito; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline;
WHITE-SPACE: pre-wrap; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent;
font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal">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.</SPAN></P><BR>
<P
style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt;
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dir=ltr><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: nunito; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline;
WHITE-SPACE: pre-wrap; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent;
font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal">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.
</SPAN></P><BR>
<P
style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt;
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: nunito; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline;
WHITE-SPACE: pre-wrap; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; font-variant-numeric:
normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal">Divine
forces have enabled me to put together a tech startup with an equally
motivated
partner. </SPAN></P><BR>
<P
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LINE-HEIGHT: 1.38"
dir=ltr><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: nunito; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline;
WHITE-SPACE: pre-wrap; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; font-variant-numeric:
normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal">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. </SPAN></P><BR>
<P
style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt;
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: nunito; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline;
WHITE-SPACE: pre-wrap; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; font-variant-numeric:
normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal">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: </SPAN><A style="text-decoration-line: none"
href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2knVCQE9_70"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: nunito; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline;
WHITE-SPACE: pre-wrap; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; font-variant-numeric:
normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line:
underline">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2knVCQE9_70</SPAN></A></P><BR>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: nunito; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline;
WHITE-SPACE: pre-wrap; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; font-variant-numeric:
normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal">Thanks</SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: nunito; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline;
WHITE-SPACE: pre-wrap; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; font-variant-numeric:
normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal">Pramit</SPAN></P></SPAN><BR
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