13 Year Old Attempts Everest

[jon]

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/20/sports/20climber.html?hp

 

Discuss. Will he set a human dog speed record? Can he twatter from baseball? Important stuff!

[ivan]

will his parents be arrested for child abuse if he gets the chop?!?

 

fucking assholes - who the fuck is so rich they can send their kid to the 7 summits before he grows pubes?

[G-spotter]

It's part of the Bear Grylls school of being a total twat.

[chirp]

It's part of the Bear Grylls school of being a total twat.

 

[Buckaroo]

He's doing the NE Ridge cuz the regular route has a 16 yrs age limit. But he has his lucky kangaroo testicles so he should make it. He's fricking 5'10" 160 lbs, hella big for 13.

[olyclimber]

You must be this _ tall to ride this ride.

[marc_leclerc]

He's fricking 5'10" 160 lbs, hella big for 13.

 

Little kid is almost as fat as me!

 

Im like 6'2" and 165 Ibs!

[rocketparrotlet]

I weigh 30 pounds less than the kid and I'm 17!

[Pilchuck71]

It's part of the Bear Grylls school of being a total twat.

 

WTF Spotter those are fighitng words!

 

Douche is mother flippin' right!

[AlpineK]

He's doing the NE Ridge cuz the regular route has a 16 yrs age limit. But he has his lucky kangaroo testicles so he should make it. He's fricking 5'10" 160 lbs, hella big for 13.

 

Actually that's the North Col Route he's doing. The NE Ridge has been climbed through the pinnacles, but nobody has completed the route. If he did that it would be a FA as well.

 

In any case there's all kinds of rad climbing a 13 year old could be doing. Possibly too much pressure from the parents who want their own notoriety?

[korup]

Just when you thought Paris et al had maxed out all possible avenues for vapid media whoredom, this kid's parents lay down a new "high" point.

 

“This was not my idea; he’s provided the inspiration and motivation to keep it going,” Paul Romero wrote recently in an e-mail message from base camp. “Jordan is taking us on the Seven Summits quest and we are merely facilitating his wishes.”

 

He meant to say, "And we, being stupid rich assholes, couldn't say no to little Jonny's little wishes."

 

Idiots. Let him work a shit job, save his money, and get to see the world on his own two feet.

[aussie69]

Do you think the kid needs adult supervision for these trips? I'd be more than willing to work for minimum wage if all expenses were paid for to help "keep an eye" on the little guy while he scrambles around.

[sobo]

He's fricking 5'10" 160 lbs, hella big for 13.

Fuq, what an Amazon! I was that size when I was 35 years old!

Now, not so much. I've added 2 lbs/year on average since then...

[rocketparrotlet]

Do you think the kid needs adult supervision for these trips? I'd be more than willing to work for minimum wage if all expenses were paid for to help "keep an eye" on the little guy while he scrambles around.

 

I think that's exactly what he doesn't want. I hate it when people try to "keep an eye" on me when I am climbing just because I am under 18.

 

However, I agree that this is just another publicity stunt. If he really cared about climbing, he'd work on some new routes in his local alpine area.

[aussie69]

Do you think the kid needs adult supervision for these trips? I'd be more than willing to work for minimum wage if all expenses were paid for to help "keep an eye" on the little guy while he scrambles around.

 

I think that's exactly what he doesn't want. I hate it when people try to "keep an eye" on me when I am climbing just because I am under 18.

 

However, I agree that this is just another publicity stunt. If he really cared about climbing, he'd work on some new routes in his local alpine area.

 

It's not so much about the supervision as it was a plea to take me with!

[rocketparrotlet]

Hahaha sorry for the misinterpretation then.

[iluka]

Looks like he at least made it to the top...

 

http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2010-05-21-13-year-old-mount-everest_N.htm

 

What's next in the pantheon of first/oldest/youngest-to-do-something-on-Everest?

[marc_leclerc]

while i am very impressed that the kid had the endurance to summit... what i think will be truly amazing is a young (18 yrs or less) un-guided, unsupported alpine style ascent of Everest. Routefinding, carrying your own shit, and showing the true attributes of an alpinist without a guide service doing it for you...

[Dirtyleaf]

Shit man...you're up. Show us how it's done.

[sobo]

But you'll need to do it nekkid. From ABC to the top. It's the next "first for Everest"...

[Dirtyleaf]

Maybe if he covered himself in bacon grease and butter, to fight off the frost nippy. And he can lick himself for calories. 2 birds, 1 stone.

[marc_leclerc]

What if I climbed Diedre naked alpine style so many times, over the course of a dew days. That I gain an equal amount of totaly vertical mileage to climbing Everest!

 

Im too poor for this kind of shit....

[Dirtyleaf]

I'll give you $50 bucks.

[bstach]

What if I climbed Diedre naked alpine style so many times, over the course of a dew days. That I gain an equal amount of totaly vertical mileage to climbing Everest!

 

With the line ups/clusterf'ks i've seen on Diedre, it will take you more than a few days to put up that vertical mileage.

[thedome]

Have no fear, BBC says his resume includes an ascent of Kilimanjaro, so he is/was qualified to climb Everest... stupid people and their need for glory