Undaunted: US teen with Down syndrome scales Mount Everest
2 April 2013 7:20 AM IST
A 15-year-old US boy has possibly become one of the first person ever with Down syndrome to have scaled the Mount Everest - the world’s tallest mountain.
Eli Reimer is also possibly the first American teen, with the syndrome, to have made the exceptional ascent last month, when he reached a staggering 17,600 feet after nearly two weeks of walking.
After walking for around 113 km, Reimer triumphed when he reached one of two base camps on the world's tallest mountain, New York Daily News reported.
Eli’s father, Justin Reimer, joined the teen last month along with their team setting out to raise money for the family’s charity, The Elisha Foundation.
‘It was surreal,’ Reimer told US news channel HLN in an interview.
Eli Reimer is also possibly the first American teen, with the syndrome, to have made the exceptional ascent last month, when he reached a staggering 17,600 feet after nearly two weeks of walking.
After walking for around 113 km, Reimer triumphed when he reached one of two base camps on the world's tallest mountain, New York Daily News reported.
Eli’s father, Justin Reimer, joined the teen last month along with their team setting out to raise money for the family’s charity, The Elisha Foundation.
‘It was surreal,’ Reimer told US news channel HLN in an interview.
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