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Jordan Romero (born July 12, 1996) [2] is an American mountain climber who, on May 22, 2010, became the youngest person to climb Mount Everest . He was 13 years 10 months 10 days old when he reached the summit. He was inspired to climb the tallest mountains of each continent when he saw a painting in the hallway of his school that had the seven continents' highest mountains . [6] He climbed the Vinson Massif in December 2011, breaking the record of being the youngest

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Jordan Romero (born July 12, 1996)[2] is an American mountain climber who, on May 22, 2010, became the youngest person to climb Mount Everest. He was 13 years 10 months 10 days old when he reached the summit. He was inspired to climb the tallest mountains of each continent when he saw a painting in the hallway of his school that had the seven continents' highest mountains.[6] He climbed the Vinson Massif in December 2011, breaking the record of  being the youngest climber in the world to complete the Seven Summits, at the age of 15 years, 5 months, 12 days.

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Sir Edmund Percival Hillary (20 July 1919 – 11 January 2008), was a New Zealand mountaineer, explorer and philanthropist. On 29 May 1953, Hillary and Nepalese Sherpa mountaineer Tenzing Norgay became the first climbers confirmed as having reached the summit of Mount Everest . They were part of the ninth British expedition to Everest, led by John Hunt. He was named by Time magazine as one of the 100 most influential people of the 20th century. The Government of India conferred on him its second highest civilian award, the Padma Vibhushan, posthumously, in 2008.

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Edmund Hillary was knighted by queen Elizabeth after the expedition.

Tenzing Norgay,  (late May 1914 – 9 May 1986) born Namgyal Wangdi and often referred to as Sherpa Tenzing, was a Nepali Sherpa  mountaineer. Among the most famous mountain climbers in history, he was one of the first two individuals known to have reached the summit of Mount Everest, which he

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accomplished with Edmund Hillary on 29 May 1953.[1] He was named by Time Magazine as one of the 100 most influential people of the 20th century. Tenzing received the George Medal from Queen Elizabeth. In 1959, the Government of

India awarded him the Padma Bhushan. King Tribhuvan of Nepal also

presented him with the Order of the Star of Nepal.

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Samantha Larson (born October 7, 1988) is an American mountain climber from Long Beach, California. On May 16, 2007, at the age

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of 18, she became temporarily the youngest non-Nepalese woman to summit Mount Everest. By reaching the top of Everest, she also became the youngest woman to have climbed the Seven Summits  the tallest mountains on each of the seven continents. She and her father, Dr. David Larson, became the first father-daughter team to complete the Seven Summits . she also featured on the Dare To Explore chapter on the March 2008 issue of National Geographic Kids.

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