Heidi Zimmer

Heidi Zimmer is an American deaf mountaineer who has accomplished several notable firsts in mountaineering. She was born deaf, and became the first deaf woman in history to reach the top of Mount McKinley on June 13, 1991. At the top, she unfolded a banner reading "DEAF WOMAN, A PARADE THROUGH THE DECADES". On September 22, 1994, Zimmer became the first deaf woman to summit Kilimanjaro.

She hopes to climb all the Seven Summits, the highest mountains of each of the seven continents.