18-year-old Lucy Westlake, from Chicago, summits Mt. Everest, the highest mountain, to become the youngest American woman to do so.
Highlights
- Lucy Westlake, 18, is the youngest American woman to have ever scaled the mighty Everest.
- The Naperville native has successfully climbed Denali in Alaska, Mount Elbrus in Europe, Mount Kilimanjaro in Africa, and Aconcagua in South America.
- Her next goal is to complete the Explorers Grand Slam, which includes the challenge of reaching both the north and the south poles and climbing each of the highest peaks in the seven continents.
- Lucy will aim to become the youngest mountaineer to have completed the Grand Slam.
- She hopes to reach both poles in Antarctica and the Carstenz Pyramid north of Australia, and both poles on her bucket list.