Jordan Romero U.S teenager conquered the highest peak 7 Continents
A 15-year-old teenager from the United States, managed to break the world record as the youngest climbers summit the highest mountains on seven continents. He managed to surpass the record George Atkinson, a British adult climber, achieved in May.
Teenager named Jordan Romero completed his mission on top of the mountain Vinson Massif in Antarctica on Christmas Eve. Reporting from the BBC, Monday, December 26, 2011, Romero preached his mother, Leigh Ann Drake, after he reached the summit Vincon Massif.
“It was a historic day. My team is really very tough. The gods allow us to reach the mountain summit Vinson. My team climb to perfection, very good cooperation,” Romero said in a voice recording made at the top of Vinson.
The tape is also mentioned, at the peak of Vinson blowing wind with a speed 27 km / h, and temperatures reach minus 32 degrees Celsius. The tape was owned by his father, Pete, who joined a team with Romero. Within the team, Romero’s stepmother also make the climb.
Reporting from the Daily Mail, the team began to climb Mount Vinson Romero on Wednesday. In his Facebook page, ‘Find Your Everest’, he mentions that his efforts towards the summit was not an easy matter.
“We are trying to realize my dream to conquer the highest peak on each continent. I know this is not the purpose of playing games, and lucky, I have family who are very supportive in every step,” wrote Romero in his blog.
This curly-haired teenager began his mission to conquer the peak of the world’s seven highest mountains, since six years ago. And the mountain was first conquered Mount Kilimanjaro in Africa. At the age of 10 years, has not entered adolescence.
At age 13, he conquered the world’s highest mountain peak, Everest. Others who have climbed the mountain is a mountain Kosciuzko Romero in Australia, Mount Aconcagua in Argentina, the mountain McKinley in the U.S., the mountain Elbrus in Russia, and Puncak Jaya in Indonesia.
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