.Jordon Romero, 13, summits Everest: How young is too young? – CSMonitor.com

KyaemonMay 24, 20106min2383

.Jordon Romero, 13, summits Everest: How young is too young? – CSMonitor.com

http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Global-News/2010/0523/Jordon-Romero-13-summits-Everest-How-young-is-too-young

Boston

Thirteen-year-old Jordon Romero is now the youngest climber to reach the top of the world, Mount Everest.

On Saturday, Jordan reached the summit with his dad, a paramedic, his dad’s girlfriend, and three Nepalese sherpas. The young Californian has now climbed the tallest mountains on six of the world’s seven continents. He summited Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania at age 9.

When he got to the top of Everest, Romero called his mom.

“He says, ‘Mom, I’m calling you from the top of the world,'” a giddy Leigh Anne Drake told The Associated Press from California, where she had been watching her son’s progress minute by minute on his blog, which showed his ascent on map that displayed a GPS tracker

Jordan’s feat is sure to fuel a debate about teenagers pushing the limits of achievement.

The Nepalese government would not give the family permission to climb Everest from Nepal, citing Jordan’s age. To make the ascent, Jordan’s team went from the Chinese side, a more difficult approach, but where there is no age restriction.

The issue of age arose on May 16, too, when Australian Jessica Watson, at 16, became the youngest person to sail around the world solo, non-stop and unassisted. She spent seven months at sea alone.

Jessica was the latest of several teens making solo circumnavigations of the globe. It’s reached the point where the World Speed Sailing Record Council has abolished its “youngest” category, in an effort to discourage such attempts.

Abby Sunderland, a 16-year-old Californian, is currently five months into her own solo sail around the world. She landed in Cape Town, South Africa on May 21. Her teenage brother, Zac, completed an around the world solo sail, last year.

3 comments

  • kopauk mandalay

    May 24, 2010 at 12:05 pm

    တော်လိုက်တဲ.ကလေး အရွယ်နဲ.မမျှအောင်လုပ်နိုင်တယ်
    နောင်ဆိုဒါ.ထက်ကိုတော်အုံးမှာ
    ဒီကောင်ကျောင်းမတက်ဘူးလားမသိဘူးနော်။

  • Kyaemon

    May 24, 2010 at 5:36 pm

    BIG BEAR TEEN YOUNGEST TO SCALE MT EVEREST

    Big Bear teen becomes youngest to scale Mt. Everest – latimes.com

    http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/europe/la-me-everest-20100523,0,4654353.story

    In above earlier posting it says. “The eighth grader enrolled in independent study this semester to pursue the Everest climb, his mother said. He took algebra books and writing journals with him.”

    He was inspired to climb the seven summits when he saw a painting of them while in school as a fourth grader at 9 years of age.

  • SampsonEleanor

    June 8, 2010 at 11:58 pm

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