12-year old climbs highest point in all 50 states

[Florian]

12-year old climbs highest point in all 50 states in record time

http://www.gadling.com/2010/07/26/12-ye ... cord-time/

Full blog is here ► http://climb7.com/50statesexpedition.html

-Florian

[zippetydude]

I don't know what to make of this sort of story...on the one hand, it seems like the parents may be living vicariously through their child (it's about being the youngest ever, etc.)...but on the other hand, I know I would have loved doing something like that when I was 12!

If this continues, someone very young is eventually going to get killed on one of these expeditions, and there's going to be a real question as to whether the parents should have pushed that hard.

For example, the odds of dying on a trip into outer space are about 1 in 100. So no kids allowed on the Space Shuttle.

The odds of dying while climb Mt. Everest are much worse (about 1 in 60). But we're seeing kids like Jordan Romero up there, and many more are likely to follow.

If someone told me my child had a 1:60 chance of dying on a trip, one thing's for sure: It would be mom who was taking them! JK. Am I overprotective, or do others have a kind of nagging question when they see a story like this?

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[Cy Kaicener]

I WISH i would have had parents that would have let me do that. Go for it Matt
It helps to have sponsors
http://mattmoniz.com

There is another website in Colorado run by John Kirk that tracks highpoint climbs and lists them
http://listsofjohn.com/PeakStats/allupdates.php
http://listsofjohn.com

http://highpointers.org/archives/1575 -- Matt Moniz links

[Andy]

I agree with you Zippetydude. It kind of reminds me of those beauty pageant little girls...would they really want to be doing that without being coached from mom or dad? Probably not. But on the other hand, breaking a world record makes for some good bragging rights on the playground

[halhiker]

My kid's only 11. I bet we could easier beat this.

Anyone want to sponsor us?

[whitneyfan]

I don't even understand how this is possible - 50 states in 50 days.
It takes a day just to climb most of the peaks, and then you need at least another day of travel to get to the next spot.

Did they have a private helicopter to ferry them around the country?
I wonder how much actual climbing they really did.

[whitneyfan]

I don't even understand how this is possible - 50 states in 50 days.
It takes a day just to climb most of the peaks, and then you need at least another day of travel to get to the next spot.

Did they have a private helicopter to ferry them around the country?
I wonder how much actual climbing they really did.

[hvydrt]

They started counting the day he summited Denali (He did that one first) They don't count the 12 days it took to reach Denali. In the Northeast they (they being the kid, his dad and their team of "technical advisers") got nineteen states in seven days. Thats a lot of $$$$ in rental cars, fuel, airline tickets, ect.

[Hikin_Jim]

They started counting the day he summited Denali (He did that one first) They don't count the 12 days it took to reach Denali. In the Northeast they (they being the kid, his dad and their team of "technical advisers") got nineteen states in seven days. Thats a lot of $$$$ in rental cars, fuel, airline tickets, ect.

Grandstanding.

[bluerail]

...and I can't afford to get off of this one hill.