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14yo boy to climb Everest 17-Dec-2004 At 11:09:36 AM Salamander

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On 10/12/2004 Breezy wrote:
>On 10/12/2004 Richard wrote:
>>Yeah, that girl sprung to mind. I'd like to know how a 14 year old boy
>>could decide on his own to climb everest .. sounds like a lot of parental
>>influnece to me....
>
>Not really ask any 14 year old who is active and fit if they wanna climb
>everest, sail round the world solo, etc and i reckon a lot more will say
>yes for personal reasons than parental influence.
>That said, i beleive most "would want to" do it in theory, get them on
>the mount and they probably would need large amounts of parental influence
>to continue.
>Most people on this forum would have been in a position to seriously shit
>themselves on a 10 - 100m route, hows a 14 year old gonna cope on a 8,000m
>route when the shit hits the fan or for that matter the frostbite hits
>his toes ?

I think Dad and/or probably the guide will be calling the shots somehow