Re: 15-Year Old Youngest to Climb Seven Summits
Posted: Mon Dec 26, 2011 9:10 pm
Alan, thanks for the correction! MT has a team a day behind. I just assumed Scott was leading them. Cheers!
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lcarreau wrote:Sarah Simon wrote:There are plenty of 15 year old kids sitting around playing video games, experimenting with drugs or shoplifting.
Yeah, but ain't kids supposed to be REFLECTIONS of their own parents ??? Sorry, just saying that MIGHT be the reason.
ScottyP wrote:Vitaliy M. wrote:-42 Expeditions to McKinley in Alaska, 30 summits, the current record!
OMG that is a lot of wasted time
V, it's his job! In 2012 count your trips to the copy machine!
Sarah Simon wrote:There are plenty of 15 year old kids sitting around playing video games, experimenting with drugs or shoplifting. This kid gets off his butt to do the 7 Summits. Good on 'em.
Jaskic wrote:Sarah Simon wrote:There are plenty of 15 year old kids sitting around playing video games, experimenting with drugs or shoplifting. This kid gets off his butt to do the 7 Summits. Good on 'em.
I significantly agree with this. While we can question his motives, his parents, who got credit for what, his marketing/brand, etc....but at the end of the day, a 15 year old spending time outdoors is a significant step in the right direction.
lcarreau wrote:Jaskic wrote:Sarah Simon wrote:There are plenty of 15 year old kids sitting around playing video games, experimenting with drugs or shoplifting. This kid gets off his butt to do the 7 Summits. Good on 'em.
I significantly agree with this. While we can question his motives, his parents, who got credit for what, his marketing/brand, etc....but at the end of the day, a 15 year old spending time outdoors is a significant step in the right direction.
When I was 15 years old, I was ALWAYS outside. I made up excuses just to go OUTSIDE. But, we didn't have computers, satellite phones and digital devices
WAY back then. We also had "limited funds" for doing all the things we couldn't do for lack thereof ..
Glad to see the lad outside, but there's OTHER factors involved here contributing to the young man's success.
Jaskic wrote:Just to be on the up and up, my childhood (in the 1980's) already had the electronics. My father bought me some of the first Apple computers to play with when I was 7 or 8 (I think). I'm pretty sure that my generation/peers were the first to really stop playing outdoors and start to spend more time indoors.
Jaskic wrote:
Just to be on the up and up, my childhood (in the 1980's) already had the electronics. My father bought me some of the first Apple computers to play with when I was 7 or 8 (I think). I'm pretty sure that my generation/peers were the first to really stop playing outdoors and start to spend more time indoors.
ExcitableBoy wrote:Jaskic wrote:Just to be on the up and up, my childhood (in the 1980's) already had the electronics. My father bought me some of the first Apple computers to play with when I was 7 or 8 (I think). I'm pretty sure that my generation/peers were the first to really stop playing outdoors and start to spend more time indoors.
Dr. Hans Krause, notable 'Gunks pioneer and an expert in treating back and sports injuries was treating President Kennedy for his back problems. He reportedly told Kennedy that we were raising a generation of back problems due to the brand new age of television. Thus the Presidential Physical Fitness Test we all had to take in schoolwas conceived and implemented. This was back in the 60s' so if it wasn't an earlier generation that really stopped playing outdors and spending more time indoors it was at least as early as the baby boomers.
TimB wrote:ExcitableBoy wrote:Jaskic wrote:Just to be on the up and up, my childhood (in the 1980's) already had the electronics. My father bought me some of the first Apple computers to play with when I was 7 or 8 (I think). I'm pretty sure that my generation/peers were the first to really stop playing outdoors and start to spend more time indoors.
Dr. Hans Krause, notable 'Gunks pioneer and an expert in treating back and sports injuries was treating President Kennedy for his back problems. He reportedly told Kennedy that we were raising a generation of back problems due to the brand new age of television. Thus the Presidential Physical Fitness Test we all had to take in schoolwas conceived and implemented. This was back in the 60s' so if it wasn't an earlier generation that really stopped playing outdors and spending more time indoors it was at least as early as the baby boomers.
Interesting info.
As far as the OP goes, I am happy for that kid-pretty cool to climb that sort of stuff at that age(or any age, really).
lcarreau wrote:TimB wrote:ExcitableBoy wrote:Jaskic wrote:Just to be on the up and up, my childhood (in the 1980's) already had the electronics. My father bought me some of the first Apple computers to play with when I was 7 or 8 (I think). I'm pretty sure that my generation/peers were the first to really stop playing outdoors and start to spend more time indoors.
Dr. Hans Krause, notable 'Gunks pioneer and an expert in treating back and sports injuries was treating President Kennedy for his back problems. He reportedly told Kennedy that we were raising a generation of back problems due to the brand new age of television. Thus the Presidential Physical Fitness Test we all had to take in schoolwas conceived and implemented. This was back in the 60s' so if it wasn't an earlier generation that really stopped playing outdors and spending more time indoors it was at least as early as the baby boomers.
Interesting info.
As far as the OP goes, I am happy for that kid-pretty cool to climb that sort of stuff at that age(or any age, really).
Okay ... okay, GUILTY as charged ... as a Baby Boomer, I used to STAY INSIDE to watch Clint Eastwood talking to the trees ..
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eeDpnGk5ZE4[/youtube]
lcarreau wrote:Jaskic wrote:Sarah Simon wrote:There are plenty of 15 year old kids sitting around playing video games, experimenting with drugs or shoplifting. This kid gets off his butt to do the 7 Summits. Good on 'em.
I significantly agree with this. While we can question his motives, his parents, who got credit for what, his marketing/brand, etc....but at the end of the day, a 15 year old spending time outdoors is a significant step in the right direction.
When I was 15 years old, I was ALWAYS outside. I made up excuses just to go OUTSIDE. But, we didn't have computers, satellite phones and digital devices
WAY back then. We also had "limited funds" for doing all the things we couldn't do for lack thereof ..
Glad to see the lad outside, but there's OTHER factors involved here contributing to the young man's success.