Heidi Zimmer Explained
Heidi Zimmer is an American deaf mountaineer who has accomplished several notable firsts in mountaineering.[2] She was born deaf, and became the first deaf woman in history to reach the top of Mount McKinley on June 13, 1991.[3] [4] [5] At the top, she unfolded a banner reading "DEAF WOMAN, A PARADE THROUGH THE DECADES".[3] On August 15, 1992, Zimmer became the first deaf person to summit Mount Elbrus.[6] On September 22, 1994, Zimmer became the first deaf woman to summit Kilimanjaro.[7] She has also won a bronze medal in the Deaf Olympics. She graduated from Gallaudet University in 1978.[2]
In 1996, Zimmer was diagnosed with Usher's syndrome.[8]
She hopes to climb all the Seven Summits, the highest mountains of each of the seven continents.
Further reading
- Book: Davis Price . Anita . Preston . Katherine S. . Discoveries: Significant Contributions of Deaf Women and Men . 1996 . Butte Publications . Hillsboro, Or. . 978-1-884362-14-9.
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Notes and References
- Book: Putz. Karen. The passionate lives of deaf and hard of hearing people. 2013. Barefoot Publications. Chicago, Ill.. 978-1-4904-6520-3.
- Book: Welcome to Algebra 1 . Chapter 1 : Connections to Algebra : Heidi Zimmer . Classzone.com . Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing . 2011-08-09.
- Web site: Denali (Mt. McKinley) . HeidiZimmer.com . 1991-06-13 . 2011-08-09.
- Web site: Deaf mountaineer Heidi Zimmer lectures on 'Seven Summits' . Dan . Kittredge . April 26, 2004 . The Crusader . . 2011-08-09 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120320153515/http://www.thehccrusader.com/2.11609/deaf-mountaineer-heidi-zimmer-lectures-on-seven-summits-1.1564524 . March 20, 2012 .
- News: Associated Press . July 13, 2002 . Arts festival, conferences, exhibits on the deaf draw 9,500 .
- Web site: Mt. Elbrus . HeidiZimmer.com . 1992-08-15 . 2011-08-09.
- Web site: Kilimanjaro . HeidiZimmer.com . 1994-09-22 . 2011-08-09.
- Web site: Seabeck Deaf-Blind Retreat . Heidizimmer.com . 2011-08-09.
