22nd MAY 2010

Children are some of the most inspiring people. Think about it; we ask them what they think about the big bad man who takes children and puts them in his child army and it's heart-warming and so innocent and suddenly everyone is thinking they should help because the kid (not to mention his cuteness) inspired them to.

In this case however, it was actual achievement that was inspiring.

On this day in 2010, Jordan Romero, at the age of 13, became the youngest person to climb Mount Everest.

The boy from Big Bear, California, his father and three guides from Kathmandu traveled to the Chinese side of the mountain, where there are no age restrictions for climbers.

Mount Everest is the world's highest summit reaching 8848 metres into the sky.

Jordan's other mountain-climbing achievements are just as impressive. In fact, Jordan is the youngest person to climb all seven summits, the highest peaks on on all seven continents, as well as Australia's Mt. Kosciuszko.

Following Mt. Everest Jordan climbed Vinson Massif in Antarctica in 2011, completing the seven summit climb at the age of 15 years, beating the previous record held by British 16-year-old George Atkinson.

The seven summits include Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania (Africa), Mount Elbrus in Russia (Europe), Mount Aconcagua in Argentina (South America), Mount McKinley in the USA (North America), Mount Carstensz Pyramid in Indonesia (Australia/Oceania), Mount Everest in Nepal, China (Asia) and Vinson Massif in Antarctica.





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