Latest from Jordan Romero’s Everest climb: Back down from Intermediate Base Camp
Jordan Romero
Saw this link about Team Jordan’s Everest climb: http://www.jordanromero.com/weblog/
Looks like Jordan Romero — the 13-year-old California kid vying to become the youngest person to ever climb Mount Everest — and his team used a hike to Intermediate Base Camp to acclimatize and are now back down. IBC is about 18,700 feet.
He’s been much higher than this before, with summits of Denali and Aconcagua (the latter is more than 22,000 feet). So that means the thin air so far isn’t anything he hasn’t seen before. That will change once he ascends past Camp 1.
His latest post reports that he and his team are doing well. It also looks like he’s taking an active role in evaluating the team’s health, which I think is pretty cool. I have my reservations about this adventure, but the fact that he’s not just being pulled along and is participating in the important little details of the climb is interesting and, I think, beneficial. Here’s hoping that the team continues to be healthy and safe. More posts as they warrant.
Bob Doucette
Mount Everest route, north side.
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Kathy:
If you’re that well versed in regard to mountaineering, you’d know that the upper slopes of Everest are no place for a child.
It is a cool spring day ,in Flagstaff,but everytime I see our beautiful mountain peaks ,I say a prayer for Jordan .I have only been to 16,000 feet altitude in Peru ,and it took a toll on me !hope his team can withstand the death zone ..
Hi Jorden,
I’ll be following you all the WAY UP MOUNT EVEREST!!! I am a 64 year old women and have read over 100 books on climbing – I’m an asrmchair mountaineer. I’s always fun to follow an accent so this time I will follow you. Much luck and make sure you use your spiritual mind in order to know if it is the right time. Peace Kathy