Tyler Armstrong, who recently turned 12, has been denied a permit to climb the world’s tallest mountain this spring by the Chinese government, which recently set age restrictions barring people younger than 18 and older than 75 in an attempt to improve safety.

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What do you think about a 12 year old wanting to climb Mount Everest?

I just want the know how the hell dad is motivating him... I can't even get my 12 year old to climb Hood.

Why choose to deal with China/Tibet when a permit from the Nepal south side would have been more easily obtained?

How do you figure? The Nepal side is more restrictive.

Last time I looked climbing from China was cheaper by quite a margin.

Wouldn't a child be more susceptible to hypothermia and wouldn't his relative lack of body mass make him more vulnerable to strong winds on the ridge?

Puma concolor wrote:So he wanted to climb the north side? And by "he," I mean his father.

this. f***ing asshat parent. quit glory-whoring your son out.

Well, he learned a good lesson, sometimes the mountain doesn't let you climb her and sometimes you can't get a permit. Maybe he should try and get to the Wave to reinforce the lesson.