Youngest Person to Top Mount Everest is a Girl
Last week, Samantha Larson became the youngest person on record to climb to the summit of Mount Everest. Samantha, who climbed the peak with her father as part of the “Seven summits challenge” has now officially beat the challenge record set last year by 20 year old Rhys Miles Jones.
Samantha has been climbing since she was a kid and has reached the peaks of mountains such as Aconcagua in South America at the age of 13 and Mount Kilimanjaro in Africa at the age of 14.
Driven to excellence in everything she does, Samanatha has been known to practice her oboe in the snow on climbing treks as well as study to keep her grades up. It has obviously paid off as Samantha graduated near the top of her high school class and is planning to attend Stanford University in the fall. You can read about her climbing adventures on her blog at http://www.samanthalarson.blogspot.com/
Girls Can’t WHAT? salutes Samantha Larson for a job well done! Guess I need to work on a Girls Can’t WHAT? climbing design. 
Thanks to Kel1 for the heads up on this one.
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Paula The Surf Mom
Very cool… congrats Samantha that some accomplishment
Kel1
Yep, you need to design a shirt and get one to this inspiring young woman!!!
gretchen
Actually, I started a rock climber design a while back, maybe I should dig it out and finish it.
Dinesh
The youngest woman to reach mount everest was Ming Kipa Sherpa in 2003. She did it at the age of 15. She reached the summit with her 30-year-old sister Lhapka Sherpa.
For further info read:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/everest/story/0,13321,963124,00.html
19Titanic12
Wow! That is so cool! Girls CAN do it!!!
Mark
Ya. actually she was the youngest AMERICAN, not the youngest person.
Chloe
Wow, you are an insperation! I am 16 and desperate to climb Everest and would love to get a record in the process. How old were you again?? Please w/b and tell me what I can do to get there
Chloe x
sarah gabrielle
VERY,COOL.
CONGRATS SARAH THAT SOME ACCOMPLISHMENTE.
mary kate
hey that soo cool you rock! im 13 and I want to climb mt everest but I doubt I ever will!
sally baker
that is so awesome! i am 13 as well, i am actually looking for climbing classes now…someday i hope to accomplish everest as well.
dave
so what if she climbed everest… i bet she cant dunk a basketball to save her life
mia
id like to see you try to get to the top of the world!
Good job Samantha!!!
Jenna
Way 2 go samantha!! that totally proves girls can do anything!
Audrey
that picture is fales. you cant climb mount everest in jeans and a t-shirt..you would freeze to death. and wears her oxygen mask..theres no oxygen up there she would start halusinating in a matter of seconds. and weres all her ropes. there’s no way she was able to climb steep cliffs without really sturdy ropes. you know how high mount everest is right. the weather is 100 below zero. would you be wearing jeans and a t-shirt. this is a fraud and its not cool to trick young girls like this. cuz in 3 years when im 18 im climbing mount everest….and i have to start training for it now.!
audrey
cool:-\”
gretchen
Audrey you are correct that she would need all that gear for Everest. The photo I used in the article was just a promotional picture of Samanatha. I don’t think it’s tricking anyone. If someone is serious about climbing, like you are, they would know the difference.
I hope to be writing an article about you climbing Mt. Everest soon.
Sandy
Wow….Samantha must be an amazing climber! i cant believe she got to the top:o i was reading an article in my class about how this guy Beck Weathers couldnt get to the top cuz he got like blind or something and he survived a storm and helicopters cant reach how high he was cuz they cant go over 20,000 feet i think and some person K.C. something went higher then 20,000 feet to get Beck Weathers but Beck told him to save this other guy and K.C. picked up the other guy, flew him down then came back for Weathers! THATS AMAZING!! Honastly i dont want to climb everest cuz im scared to die!:):)
don
youngest but not the first[-([-([-([-([-(
maddie
I can beat that!:d
maddie
“that picture is fales”
You really that smart? Try spelling before you go and whine about someone better than you.
Audrey, my dear, I saw someone climb Everest without oxygen AND COME BACK DOWN…without halucinating.
I really do doubt that picture was taken on that hill. Do you know how hard it is to take a picture while wearing three pairs of gloves?
gretchen
Actions speak louder than words.
Temba
Great job…keep in doing.
Wtf?
Wtf does this prove? Absolutely nothing. So she was the youngest person to climb…who cares.
gretchen
A lot of people care. It IS a big deal. Very few adults make it to the top of Everest, even with extensive training.
Riannon
it matters alot i mean come on it takes alot of training and some nerves to climb any mounten i mean i know i’m to afraid that i’ll die and never see my family agin to do that !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Riannon
oh really maddie if u could beet that then why haven’t you????????????
Riannon
congrat’s samantha
riannon
wow you guys are real cool i gues i’m like the only person to keep up to date
riannon
wowwwww you peps are so cool
Jessica
Oh my gosh. I am 13 years old and play the oboe and my dream is to climb Everest. I read this blog and started crying. You are my hero.
Raoul
Hey Audrey, feel free to let us know how your Everest “climb” goes..
sherpa
wow.. samantha. you did really amzing.
Judy Hall
This is funny!! Samantha Larson is my dog!
mcmahan
hey sarah im 11 and my buddy john and i are professionall rock climbers we are trying to be the youngest to climb everest we are survival consultants and can tie almost any knot in the dark with one hand from mcmahan and john
anony
article is wildly inaccurate. youngest person to climb everest was 15, and that was back in 2001. not only is she not the youngest person to climb everest, but shes not even the youngest WOMAN to climb everest. i mean, hey, its a great accomplishment, but this article is the stuff of fifth grade english class.
harrypotter1215
OMG. H-H-Hi!!!! I a-a-am 9 years old and you are one of my idols!!!!!!! Let me guess your motto: Go for your goal; or: Keep on climbing. I love you!!!!!! Congratulations!!!!! I hope when I grow to be older I can climb, too!!!! Your awesome!!! You must have GUTS!!!!
harrypotter1215
And anyway, audrey, who says it’s her climbing the big E? It could very well be some other mountain. And, you should really learn how to spell.
Jake
Actualy the youngest person is 13 nice try
Marand
Actualy the youngest person to summit was 13 you idiot plus that picture is fake and the record of a 15 year old summating is decades old
gretchen
Jake – at the time this article was posted, Samantha was officially the youngest.
Jake
Well Gretchen young Sherpas have Ben summating scenic mt everest has first Ben summated and they start at age 13 some even earlier and their are girl Sherpas so get your facts straight be for arguing
Jake
I se you take my comment off when you get caught
gretchen
I’m not arguing. At the time this article was posted a couple of years ago, the information came from reputable news sources. Whether it is correct or not, I cannot say for sure.
Mandy
Harypotter1214 you are retarded nobody cares what you think you need to mind your own biz maybe when your older you can say something I mean what your in 3 rd. Or 4 th grade realy grow up
gretchen
I have not removed any comments from this thread. Your first comment is always held for moderation.
The only thing you’ve “caught” me doing is verifying a comment before it gets published to my site.
Jake
Ok keep telling your self that
mya
OK this is cruel going on and on like this is very inmature im probolly younger than all of you and I can understand who is right and who is wrong. At that time samantha was the youngest person to climb but her record has been broke OK? So going on and on about a never ending thing won’t get you no where now will it? My dream is to climb mount everest and that’s that. And I beleive that this site was created so that people can share there dreams and thoughts about the mountain not to carry on about who beat what record and so on I spent my time writing this note and I hope my opinion counts because I believe that everyone has an opinion and that it should be heard just not in a negitive way. If you have read this letter I thank you for you time.
-mya
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