(KATHMANDU,Reuters) Erik Weihenmayer, a 32-year-old American, recently became the first blind person to scale the 29,000-foot high Mount Everest.
(路透社加德满都电)三十二岁的美国人艾瑞克.威亨麦尔日前成为第一位登上两万九千英尺高的珠穆朗玛峰顶的盲人。
He moved a pair of long poles back and forth in front of him as he climbed.
他攀登山峰时在前面来回移动着一对长竿子。
On the same expedition, a 64-year-old U.S.doctor became the oldest person to climb Everest.
在同一梯次的远征队中,一位六十四岁的美国医生成为攀登珠穆朗玛峰年纪最大的一位。