(KATHMANDU,Reuters) Erik Weihenmayer, a 32-year-old American, recently became the first blind person to scale the 29,000-foot high Mount Everest.
(路透社加德滿都電)三十二歲的美國人艾瑞克.威亨麥爾日前成為第一位登上兩萬九千英尺高的珠穆朗瑪峰頂的盲人。
He moved a pair of long poles back and forth in front of him as he climbed.
他攀登山峰時在前面來回移動著一對長竿子。
On the same expedition, a 64-year-old U.S.doctor became the oldest person to climb Everest.
在同一梯次的遠征隊中,一位六十四歲的美國醫生成為攀登珠穆朗瑪峰年紀最大的一位。