Set against the breathtaking backdrop of the Himalayas Blindsight follows the gripping adventure of six Tibetan teenagers who set out to climb the 23 000 foot Lhakpa Ri on the north side of Mount Everest. The dangerous journey soon becomes a seemingly impossible challenge made all the more remarkable by the fact that the teenagers are blind. Believed by many Tibetans to be possessed by demons the children are shunned by their parents scorned by their villages & rejected by society. Rescued by Sabriye Tenberken a blind educator & adventurer who established the first & only school for the blind in Tibet the students invite the famous blind mountain climber Erik Weihenmayer to visit their school after learning about his conquest of Everest. Erik arrives in Lhasa & inspires Sabriye & her students Kyila Sonam Bhumtso Tashi Gyenshen Dachung & Tenzin to let him lead them higher than they have ever been before. The resulting 3-week journey is beyond anything any of them could have predicted. Special
Features: A Whole New Light Reaching Out In The Darkness After The Mountain Coming To America Photo Gallery