Wow, this kid is another amazing example of following a passion and a dream. If you can dream it, you can live it!
13-year-old is youngest to scale Mount Everest
BEIJING – A 13-year-old American boy became the youngest climber to reach the top of Mount Everest on Saturday, surpassing the previous record set by a 16-year-old Nepalese.
(Courtesy of Romero family/AP Photo file)
Jordan Romero called his mother by satellite phone from the summit of the world’s highest mountain, 29,035 feet (8,850 meters) above sea level. He is now one climb away from his quest to conquer the highest peaks on all seven continents.
Romero's mother watched his progress on a GPS tracker online. “He says, ‘Mom, I’m calling you from the top of the world," Leigh Anne Drake told the Associated Press from California, where she had watched her son's progress on a GPS tracker online. “There were lots of tears and ‘I love you! I love you!’” Drake said. “I just told him to get his butt back home.
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