Jordan Romero, Youngest to Climb Mt. Everest
In this Sept. 1, 2009 photo provided by the Romero family, Jordan Romero poses at the Carstensz Pyramid summit, Oceania's highest peak.
A 13-year-old American boy has become the youngest person ever to climb Mount Everest, the world’s highest peak.
Jordan Romero of California reached the Himalayan summit, 8,850 meters above sea level, on Saturday, surpassing the previous record holder, 16-year-old Temba Tsheri of Nepal.
Nepal does not allow anyone under the age of 16 to climb Mount Everest due to the danger involved, so Romero and his team, which included his dad and stepmother, entered from the Chinese side.
The website documenting Romero’s journey said he was “unbelievably happy” when he called from the summit via satellite phone. He now needs only to scale Vinson Massif, in Antarctica to complete his quest to climb the highest peaks on all seven continents.
Romero reached the Everest summit with a group of mountaineers, including a Nepalese Sherpa named Apa who broke his own world record by climbing Everest for a 20th time.
Apa was joined by other mountaineers to collect garbage left behind by other climbers and bring awareness to the issue of global climate change. [- source : voanews.com -]
About Jordan Romero
Jordan Romero is a 13-year-old boy from Big Bear, Calif. with big dreams. Born on July 12, 1996, Jordan hopes to become the youngest person to climb the highest peaks on the seven continents-the Seven Summits. Jordan hopes to finish his Seven Summits quest by climbing Mt. Everest before his sixteenth birthday. Jordan’s sponsors include SOLE, Scarpa, Tifosi Eyewear, Kahtoola Footwear Traction Systems, Track Me 360, Salomon, Deuter, High Gear, Nuun Hydration, Adventure Medical Kits, CAMP, Elemental Herbs, Salt Stick, and Synergy Worldwide.
Jordan Romero Website: www.jordanromero.com
Jordan Romero at Flickr: Team Jordan’s
Jordan Romero
Jordan Romero (Big Bear Lake, California), together with his mum Karen Lundgren and dad; summited via the Umbwe Route, July 23rd 2006 to become the youngest person to legally climb Kilimanjaro
JordanRomero on Mt.Elbrus
Jordan Romero
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