No Barriers

No Barriers is about Erik Weihenmayer’s journey since coming down from Mt. Everest in 2001, and the path to where he is today. It is the story of his life, the personal and professional struggles in the pursuit of growth, learning, and family, as well as a dream to kayak one of the world’s great rivers as a blind athlete. It is also about the many people he has encountered along the way who possess what he calls a “No Barriers” mindset. This book highlights these pioneers who give those around them the courage to do great things. People who have risked failure, transcended their personal barriers, and shown others a way forward: scientists, innovators, artists and musicians, climbers and adventurers, activists and soldiers. No Barriers is a ways of living, and it exists in all of us, like a deep internal light. But sometimes through trauma, loss, isolation, and disillusionment, people get shoved into a dark place, and that light is almost extinguished. Making hard choices is what feeds that light, and becomes the energy we need to propel us forward. No Barriers is about making the hard choices to fuel that flickering light, so that we can ignite with purpose and become our very best selves.