Everest's Youngest Climber Prepares for Antarctica Adventure

[Jazzy]

He stood on the top of the world when he reached the peak of Mount Everest in 2010 at the tender age of 13, but Jordan Romero thinks he can still scale to new heights in 2011.



Romero, now 14, is the youngest person to climb the world's tallest mountain, and he's attempting another record-setting year. His sights are set in reaching the peak of Mount Vinson, Antarctica's highest point.



If he succeeds, he'll be the youngest person to climb the tallest mountain on each of the seven continents.



I just wanted to do this at a young age and for that I feel really lucky, Romero said about possibly completing the Seven Summits circuit.



What I believe in is somebody climbing for the right reason and that's for the experience, not for records, he told AOL News.



The new year will be a busy one for Romero even before he launches the three-to-five-week expedition to Antarctica. The ninth-grader from Big Bear Lake, Calif., plans to crisscross the country, climbing the highest mountain in every state as part of a campaign to encourage kids to exercise and enjoy the outdoors.



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Full story link: http://www.aolnews.com/2011/01/11/mt-everests-youngest-climber-prepares-for-antartica-adventure/

 

[Durandal]

Another kid that makes me feel like a failure lol

 

[Jazzy]

What an amazing young man!

 

[Evil Eye]

Kid must really love climbing...

Another kid that makes me feel like a failure lol

Aww.

 

[Durandal]

Kid must really love climbing...

I can only imagine what he must've been like as a baby...crawling...to scaling.

 

[Temerit]

Where does he get the time/money/initiative/encouragement to do this?

 

[Durandal]

Where does he get the time/money/initiative/encouragement to do this?

When you're that good, that young, I guess the checks sort of just mail themselves. There's probably some organisation for gifted kids like him that eat up all the press, etc. Homeless guys get picked up off the street to do voiceovers these days - who knows?