American Teen Becomes Youngest to Climb Mount Everest
Mount Everest, the world’s highest peak, has been climbed by a 13-year-old American boy, the youngest person ever to reach Everest.
His name is Jordan Romero, from California. Accompanied by a group of mountaineers, including a Nepalese Sherpa named Apa who broke his own world record by climbing Everest for a 20th time, the boy reached the top of the Himalayan summit, 8,850 meters above sea level, on Saturday, surpassing the previous record holder, a 16-year-old kid, Temba Tsheri of Nepal.
As Nepal forbids anyone under the age of 16 to climb the mountain because of the danger, Romero and his team entered from the Chinese side.
Being “unbelievably happy” when calling from the summit via satellite phone, the boy is looking forward to scaling Vinson Massif, in Antarctica to complete his quest to climb the highest peaks on all seven continents.
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