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A 13-year-old from USA, Jordan Romero, became the youngest person atop the worlds highest peak. He reached the summit (8,848 metres) early in the morning with his father Paul and three Sherpa guides. It was a special day for India as well as Arjun Bajpayee (16) became Indias youngest atop Mt. Everest. Mountaineering legend Apa Sherpa too created history by scaling the peak for a record 20th time. Romero and his team used the treacherous northern route from Tibet to reach the peak. The US teen broke the record set on May 23, 2001 by Nepals Temba Tshering when she was 16 years and 14 days old. With this feat, the eighth grader from California has successfully scaled all top peaks in seven continents since summiting Mt. Kilimanjaro (Africa) on July 22, 2006 when he was just nine.
