{"id":795661,"date":"2019-05-09T19:44:00","date_gmt":"2019-05-10T01:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/watch-a-screening-of-the-weight-of-water-on-tuesday\/"},"modified":"2019-05-09T19:44:00","modified_gmt":"2019-05-10T01:44:00","slug":"watch-a-screening-of-the-weight-of-water-on-tuesday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/local-news\/watch-a-screening-of-the-weight-of-water-on-tuesday\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch a screening of \u2018The Weight of Water\u2019 on Tuesday"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"swift-gallery\" readability=\"6.5571776155718\">\n<ul id=\"imageGallery-365714-616\" class=\"gallery list-unstyled\">\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/05\/Brf-WeightOfWater-SDN-051019-1-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/05\/Brf-WeightOfWater-SDN-051019-1.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Courtesy Breckenridge Film Festival | For May\u2019s Summit Film Society event, the public is invited to attend a screening of \u2018The Weight of Water,\u2019 a movie about the blind athlete Erik Weihenmayer kayaking the Grand Canyon solo.\" class=\"h-100\">\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\" readability=\"8\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/05\/Brf-WeightOfWater-SDN-051019-1.jpg\" alt=\"For May\u2019s Summit Film Society event, the public is invited to attend a screening of \u2018The Weight of Water,\u2019 a movie about the blind athlete Erik Weihenmayer kayaking the Grand Canyon solo.\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"11\">\n<p><strong>For May\u2019s Summit Film Society event, the public is invited to attend a screening of \u2018The Weight of Water,\u2019 a movie about the blind athlete Erik Weihenmayer kayaking the Grand Canyon solo.<\/strong><br \/>Courtesy Breckenridge Film Festival<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/05\/Brf-WeightOfWater-SDN-051019-1-1-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/05\/Brf-WeightOfWater-SDN-051019-1-1.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Courtesy Breckenridge Film Festival | The screening of 'Weight of Water' begins at 7 p.m. on Tuesday and tickets are $12. Visit BreckCreate.org to purchase.\" class=\"h-100\">\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\" readability=\"6.5\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/05\/Brf-WeightOfWater-SDN-051019-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"The screening of 'Weight of Water' begins at 7 p.m. on Tuesday and tickets are $12. Visit BreckCreate.org to purchase.\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"8\">\n<p><strong>The screening of &#8216;Weight of Water&#8217; begins at 7 p.m. on Tuesday and tickets are $12. Visit BreckCreate.org to purchase.<\/strong><br \/>Courtesy Breckenridge Film Festival<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"caption-toggle\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/explore-summit\/watch-a-screening-of-the-weight-of-water-on-tuesday\/#\" class=\"show-captions\">Show Captions<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/explore-summit\/watch-a-screening-of-the-weight-of-water-on-tuesday\/#\" class=\"hide-captions\">Hide Captions<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">For May\u2019s Summit Film Society event, the public is invited to attend a screening of \u201cThe Weight of Water,\u201d a movie about blind athlete Erik Weihenmayer kayaking the Grand Canyon solo. Weihenmayer has already overcome some stunning challenges for both sighted and blind people, including being the first blind person to summit Mount Everest in 2001 (along with summiting the tallest peaks in each continent) and recently skiing <a id=\"N0x1be6b60N0x19ea980:N0x1be6b60N0x1adb8b8\" href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/local\/blind-adventurer-erik-weihenmayer-tackles-aspens-highland-bowl\/\">Aspen\u2019s Highland Bowl<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cIt\u2019s so hard to be fully in the moment because there\u2019s so much fear, there\u2019s so much anxiety, it\u2019s like a person looking through a window at an experience rather than being in the experience,\u201d said Weihenmayer in a press release.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Robert Raker, Weihenmayer\u2019s kayak trainer, will be in attendance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The show begins at 7 p.m. on Tuesday at Breckenridge Backstage Theatre and tickets are $12. Visit BreckCreate.org to purchase or call the Breck Create ticket office at 970-547-3100.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/explore-summit\/watch-a-screening-of-the-weight-of-water-on-tuesday\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Summit Daily<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For May\u2019s Summit Film Society event, the public is invited to attend a screening of \u2018The Weight of Water,\u2019 a movie about the blind athlete Erik Weihenmayer kayaking the Grand Canyon solo.Courtesy Breckenridge Film Festival The screening of &#8216;Weight of Water&#8217; begins at 7 p.m. on Tuesday and tickets are $12. 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