A 13-year-old California boy will attempt to become the youngest person to scale Mount Everest later this year, his latest stop in a bid to climb the highest peaks on seven continents
A 13-year-old California boy will attempt to become the youngest person to scale Mount Everest later this year, his latest stop in a bid to climb the highest peaks on seven continentsJordan Romero left Los Angeles on Monday for Nepal where he will launch what would be a record-breaking assault on the world's highest mountain, which soars to 8,848 metres.
"I've been looking forward to this for so long and now it's finally happening and man, you can't even imagine the feeling of what it's like right now," he said.
Romero, who turns 14 in July, is aiming to become the youngest person to climb the highest summits on seven continents by the end of 2010.
According to his website, Romero has already bagged most of them, including Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania.
Romero's father and step-mother are accompanying him on the Everest mission.
"This is all his mission. It's all his timeline. We're just packing the bags, chasing him around the world. It's pretty fun," Romero's father Paul said.
