Utah teen becomes youngest ever to conquer 7 summits
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January 26th, 2010 @ 9:43pm
By Jed Boal
SNOWBIRD -- A Utah teenager just finished a major global challenge that would humble many of the world's greatest athletes. Johnny Collinson became the youngest person to summit the highest peak on each of the seven continents.
Johnny calls Snowbird, Utah, home. His parents both live and work there; he started skiing at 2-and-a-half years old.
The 7 Summits
Summit Location Height
Aconcagua Argentina 22,841 ft
Everest Nepal, Tibet 29,030 ft
Denali Alaska 20,320 ft
Elbrus Russia 18,510 ft
Kilimanjaro Tanzania 19,340 ft
Carstenz Pyramid Indonesia 16,023 ft
Vinson Massif Antarctica 16,067 ft
Before long, Johnny started to train to become a world-class mountaineer, and to dream of bigger adventures.
"Ever since I was little, I wanted to climb Everest," Johnny says.
He did that last spring. Last week, at age 17, Johnny became the youngest person to conquer the seven summits.
"It hasn't sunken in too much, but walking around Snowbird and everyone being, like,
