Originally Posted By: Ken
Originally Posted By: RichardK
This boy has received a lot of publicity about being the youngest to dayhike Whitney. Will there now be a mania of child hikers trying to break his "record"? We have already had a series of these youngest things: sailing around the world and flying a plane cross country.


Yep. This is why I oppose such things. There will be a series of such things, until something bad happens.


It just gets crazier each year. Last year Jordan Romero summitted Everest at the age of 13, and a couple of months ago a 16 year-old Brit became the youngest to reach the Seven Summits.