Jordan Romero climbs Mt. McKinley

   On June 19, eleven-year-old Jordan Romero of Big Bear, California, climbed 20,030-foot Denali (Mt. McKinley) in Alaska and moved another step closer to his goal of becoming the youngest person to climb the highest peak on each of the seven continents. With this climb, Jordan tied the record for the youngest person to summit Denali.

   Jordan, along with his father Paul and stepmother Karen, both accomplished adventure racers on Team SOLE, needed just seven days to reach the summit of Denali. Jordan tied the age record held by Alaskan local, Galen Johnston who climbed the mountain in 2001 when he was 11.

   “I fell in love with Alaska on this trip,” says Jordan. “The mountain was hard; there were lots of ropes and technical things to think about.  There were definitely a few times that I was scared, but I wanted so badly to make it to the summit,” he continued.

   In July 2006, Jordan began his quest for the Seven Summits as he climbed 19,340-foot Mt. Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, Africa. In April 2007, Jordan reached the summit of Mt. Kosciuszko in Australia, in July he climbed Mt. Elbrus in Russia and in December he climbed Aconcagua in Argentina.

   Jordan’s sights are now set on Antarctica’s 16,000-foot Vinson Massif. He is selling t-shirts on his website to raise money for the trip. In the fall Jordan will begin seventh grade at Big Bear Middle School in the Southern California Mountain resort town of Big Bear Lake, California. He graduated sixth grade as an honor student and in addition to climbing mountains, he loves magic tricks, exotic cars, reptiles and endangered animals.

About Jordan Romero

   Jordan Romero is an eleven-year-old boy from Big Bear, Calif. with big dreams.  Born on July 12, 1996, Jordan hopes to become the youngest person to climb the highest peaks on the seven continents—the Seven Summits. Jordan hopes to finish his Seven Summits quest by climbing Mt. Everest before his sixteenth birthday. Jordan’s sponsors include SOLE Custom Footbeds, Scarpa, Tifosi Eyewear, Kahtoola Footwear Traction Systems, Track Me 360, Salomon, Deuter, High Gear, Nuun Hydration, Adventure Medical Kits, CAMP, Elemental Herbs, Salt Stick, and Synergy Worldwide. For more information, please visit www.jordanromero.com.

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