List of Blind People - Adventurers

Adventurers

  • Miles Hilton-Barber - British traveler and climber.
  • James Holman - British man known as the "Blind Traveler."
  • Tofiri Kibuuka - Ugandan-Norwegian athlete. One of the first three blind people to reach the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro (along with John Opio and Lawrence Sserwambala). First African competitor at the Winter Paralympic Games.
  • Takeichi Nishi - Colonel in the Imperial Japanese Army During World War II. Commander of the 26th Tank Regiment in the Battle of Iwo Jima. He was blinded during battle.
  • Erik Weihenmayer - First blind person to reach the summit of Mount Everest.

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