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Kid Climber Scales World’s Highest Mountains, ABC Nightline
“At 17,000 feet above sea level, where the wind is a biting 20 below zero, an unlikely mountain climber nears his goal of ascending the world’s tallest peaks. Jordan Romero, 3,000 feet away from tackling Alaska’s Mount McKinley, has already conquered four mountains — and he’s 11 years old. “I’ve climbed Mount Aconcagua in South America, in Argentina, which is 22,834 feet. I’ve climbed Mount Elbrus in Europe — it’s located in Russia — at 18,510 feet. That was quite a tough one,” he said. “Mount Kosciuszko in Australia, that’s 7,310 feet. That was quite a tough one just because of the weather, otherwise it would have been an easy, walk hike, just a long walk. And Mount Kilimanjaro of Africa in Tanzania, 19,340 feet.”
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