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It's kind of too movie-like to say, When I started climbing, I knew I wanted to climb Everest some day. Instead, I just started rock climbing as a kid, when I was 16, and then I started teaching and a buddy of mine started taking me out.

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Erik Weihenmayer
Age: 56
Born: 1968
Born: September 23
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