Samantha Larson (born 1988) is an American mountain climber from

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. On May 16, 2007, at the age of 18, she became temporarily the youngest non-

Nepal Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne, सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mai ...

ese woman to summit

Mount Everest Mount Everest (; Tibetan: ''Chomolungma'' ; ) is Earth's highest mountain above sea level, located in the Mahalangur Himal sub-range of the Himalayas. The China–Nepal border runs across its summit point. Its elevation (snow heig ...

. By reaching the top of Everest, she also became temporarily the youngest person to have climbed the

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(the "Bass list"), the tallest mountains on each of the seven continents. She and her father, Dr. David Larson, became the first father-daughter team to complete the Seven Summits. In August 2007 they climbed the

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, thereby also completing the "Messner list" of the Seven Summits. The Nepalese government said that she was the youngest foreigner ever to reach Everest's summit, but some climbing Web sites claim a 17-year-old boy from France did it in 1990. 15-year-old

Ming Kipa Ming Kipa ( ne, मिङ किपा शेर्पा) (born 1988) is a Nepalese Sherpa woman who held the record as the youngest person to climb Mount Everest from 2003 to 2010. She reached the summit on May 22, 2003 when she was 15 years old, ...

from Nepal was the youngest ever to climb Everest. Larson began climbing with her father, David Larson, while in the sixth grade at Hughes Middle School. They began the Seven Summits by climbing

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in February 2001, when she was 12. Larson graduated from

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in June 2006, deferring her freshman year at

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for a year to train for the Everest climb. Larson was nominated for an

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in 2007 and was on the Dare To Explore chapter on the March 2008 issue of '' National Geographic Kids''. In 2009, she was also featured as one of Venus Zine’sbr>“25 under 25”
list for her climbing achievements.

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Official site
*Samantha Larson's climbing and Everest ascent blog
''Upward Adventuring''Facts & figures of all 7summiteers
{{DEFAULTSORT:Larson, Samantha American mountain climbers 1988 births Living people Sportspeople from Long Beach, California Summiters of the Seven Summits American summiters of Mount Everest Female climbers American sportswomen 21st-century American women Long Beach Polytechnic High School alumni

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