What is this passage mostly about?
A. How wrestling is like climbing
B: An amazing climber
C: The importance of touch
D. How to climb a rock


Everyone wants to have the adventures that Erik Weihenmayer has had. He has
climbed ice falls in Canada and Mount Kenya. He has been to the top of Mount Everest. But Erik is blind. He lost his vision to a disease when he was 13. He had played sports
before he had the disease, but losing his vision meant that playing ball was out. While he was
in high school, he wrestled. He thinks that wrestling is more about the sense of touch than the
sense of sight. In high school, he learned to judge his opponent's strength and match it. His
skills earned him a place at a national wrestling contest. Erik believes that climbing is also a "touch" sport. He began rock climbing when he was
16, and eventually tried mountain climbing. He says that climbing is like having a rock as an
opponent or solving a puzzle. It is interesting to watch him scale a rock. He uses his hands to
find cracks and grooves. He uses his sense of touch to build an image in his mind.
But mountain climbing is not all about rocks. Many high peaks have snow and ice, as
well as steep cliffs. A false step can lead to a bad fall. Climbers who can see find safe ice by its
blue color. Erik taps ice with an ax or pole. Good ice makes a sound like "thunk." Bad ice makes
a sound like "clink."
Erik always climbs with a team. The person ahead of him wears a bell. Sometimes the
leader will tap the ice to show Erik where to place his foot. And, of course, the others call out
directions to him.
Erik loves living a life of adventure. He has happily shared his love of climbing through a
book and a movie. He has even taken a group of six young people climbing in Tibet. They, too, were blind.