Romero spent Christmas Eve climbing Antarctica’s Mt. Vinson, completing his quest to be the youngest person ever to climb the seven summits. Romero first had the idea to climb the world’s highest peak on every continent when he was just 10 and later that year he bagged Kilimanjaro and then went on to tick off Kosciuszko (Australia), Elbrus (Europe), Aconcagua (South America), Denali (North America), and Carstensz Pyramid (Oceania). At just 13 he tackled Everest, but the logistics and fierce weather of climbing Vinson made summiting on Antarctica especially challenging. This past Friday he had the weather window he needed. He climbed to High Camp with his parents, and then, in sub-zero temperatures with high winds, went on to summit solo and made it back down to High Camp. The family then skied down to base camp together, where they had Christmas dinner.

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