Tyler Armstrong became the youngest person to reach the Summit of Aconcagua

Dec 28, 2013, 13:01 IST

Tyler Armstrong became the youngest person to reach the summit of Aconcagua, the highest mountain of America.

Tyler Armstrong on 27 December 2013 became the youngest person to reach the summit of Aconcagua, the highest mountain of America. The nine year old boy of United States climbed the mountain in the Argentine Andes with his father and Tibetan Sherpa, Lhawang Dhondup.

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In 2012, he climbed Mount Kilimanjaro - Africa's highest peak. More than 100 people have died attempting to conquer Aconcagua, which rises 6962 metres above the sea level. Before Tyler, Matthew Moniz from the United States was the youngest person to climb the mountain at the age of 10 in the year 2008.


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