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Peter Suciu for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online It was George Leigh Mallory who may have famously replied to the question “why do you want to climb Mount Everest” with the answer “because it’s there.” Whether he actually said those words or not is left to the ages, but what is certain is that Mallory and his climbing partner Andrew Irvine likely never made it to the summit of the world’s highest peak. Even if they did, which has been left to debate, the pair didn’t make...
FOSTER CITY, Calif., Jan. 3, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- FRS® Healthy Performance(TM) reached new heights fueling teen sensation Jordan Romero as he became the youngest person to climb the tallest mountains on all seven continents at age 15. Romero reached the summit of Vinson Massif in Antarctica on December 24 to break a world mountain climbing record that few believed possible. Romero has been fueled by FRS® Healthy Performance(TM) products since his successful ascent of Mt...
REDLANDS, Calif., Dec. 12, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The Southern California teen who made headlines last year when he became the youngest person to summit Mount Everest has set his sights on the South Pole. Fifteen-year-old Jordan Romero will leave his home in Big Bear, California, on December 12, 2011, and journey to Vinson Massif, Antarctica's tallest mountain. During the climb, Romero and his team will use an Esri application to provide updates that include their GPS...
Teen and Family Set Two New Mountaineering World Records Austin, TX (PRWEB) October 20, 2010 On a clear night in May 2010, in subzero temperatures, Jordan Romero, age 13, started his final, 26-hour leg of the steep and dangerous climb up the northeast ridge of Mt. Everest. The day before, he, along with his father, stepmother and three Sherpa guides, had entered Camp 3 and the "death zone""”these are altitudes higher than 26,246 feet, wherein the body uses up its store of oxygen...
