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7-Year-Old Completes El Capitan Climb in Yosemite National Park
Joey Danger Evermore reached the summit of El Capitan on Thursday after starting the climb on Sunday. He turned 7 during the five-day ascent, becoming the youngest person to complete the route.
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A 7-year-old boy reached the summit of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park on Thursday night. Joey Danger Evermore began the climb on Sunday at age 6 and finished the 7,573-foot route four days later. He climbed with his older brothers Sam Evermore and Sylvan Evermore, his father Joe Evermore, and a documentary crew. The family is from Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Evermore turned 7 on Wednesday while on the mountain.
A family representative stated that he is the youngest person to complete the ascent, surpassing his brother Sam Evermore, who finished the route at age 8 in 2022. Sam Evermore and Joe Evermore posted on Instagram that the climb took five days. They wrote that Joey started the journey at age 6 and finished at age 7.
The family representative said the group climbs to show other families that challenging goals are possible with persistence. Joe Evermore previously told ABC News that each of his children selects one major goal each year after turning 5. He said the goals must be large enough to require daily work, safe to attempt, and visible as accomplishments.
He recommended that other parents begin with smaller shared activities to build similar bonds.
