A 13-year-old California boy will attempt to become the youngest person ever to scale Mount Everest later this year, the latest stop on a bid to climb the highest peaks on seven continents.
Jordan Romero left Los Angeles late Monday for Nepal where he will launch what would be a record-breaking assault on the world's highest mountain, which soars to 8,848-metres (29,028-feet), local media reports said.
"I've been looking forward to this for so long and now it's finally happening and man, you can't even imagine the feeling of what it's like right now," Romero told ABC television in Los Angeles.
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Romero, who turns 14 in July, is aiming to become the youngest person in the world to climb the highest summits on seven continents by the end of 2010.
According to his website, Romero has already bagged most of them, including Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania.
Romero's father and step-mother are accompanying him on the Everest mission.
"This is all his mission. This is all his idea. It's all his timeline. We're just packing the bags, chasing him around the world. It's pretty fun," Jordan's father, Paul Romero, told ABC television in Los Angeles.
