Touch the top of the world

5 – Comments
- Erik dad was promoted and his new job was in Hong Kong and him and his family needed to move. They lived in an apartment.

- One day the mom went to a two-week tour in china and Eddi, his dad and he was alone. They explored a patch of land governed by Hong Kong but connected to mainland china. They crawled under a barbed-wire fence and hiked along the narrow beach. There was a sign saying “TURN BACK IMMEDIATELY, YOU HAVE ENTERED THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA. The dad was really excited and wanted to trespass. They got caught and got a fine of HK$200 ($40 in USA).


- One day his dad let Erik walked alone from his friend because Erik wanted to go alone. He was familiar of the streets to go to his house. He could see the outline of an object. When he was returning to his house, he had some diffulties. He was going to a different route. That day the father was picking up his wife from the tour. When the dad was really worried that Erik didn’t made it in time. When they got there, Erik was there. He saved his dad life.

- When four years past, his dad got transform back to New York City and his mom got a house in Weston, Connecticut. They lived in top of a hill.

- A couple of weeks when they moved in to their new home, he was happy because they weren’t as many people in the streets like there were in Hong Kong and he could do what he wants.

4 – Question
- Why Erik does wants to go alone from his friend house to his own if he could get lost? He can’t see every well.
- Why did he mess up when he was driving with the family (with dad’s help) if he was driving well when he was with his dad?
- Why did the dad wanted to trespass the barbed-wire fence if the sign said not to?
- Does Erik Weihenmayer have a goal to do things without seeing a lot?
3 – Vocabulary
- Pungent = mentally stimulating or appealing.
- Distinguishable = to mark off as different
- Pavement = a hard smooth surface, especially of a public area or thoroughfare, that will bear travel.
2 – Literary terms
- I threw my body against the metal deck, my heart nearly exploding out of my chest (metaphor)
- His body jerked and writhed as he snatched for something to grab. (simile)
1 – Overview
- This part of the story is about the adventure his dad, Eddi and he had in Hong Kong, and when they move to Connecticut because his dad got transfer back to New York City.