Determination and Goals

Jordan Romero of southern California has become the youngest climber to summit the tallest mountains on all 7 continents. He finished his last one recently. Antarctica. He did Everest at 13.

I wrote about this kid here: http://spartacus2001.blogspot.com/2010/06/bad-parenting-2-examples.html

I got to hand it to this kid. It's an impressive thing to do just one of the higest mountains. But Antarctica? That's a whole other thing just for the climate alone.

If he did this at 15, what will this determined kid do as an adult? He might be able to accomplish pretty much anything. I see a movie about him being made. A movie was made about the guy who got trapped an had to amputate his own arm. Think how much more uplifting this story would be?

So, congratulations to Jordan. You make the rest of us feel like slackers. Though I did climb Camelback Mountain again this past week. It's only 1300 feet high and a 1.4 mile trail, but not bad for someone who has not been 15 in a while.