Thirteen Year Old Summits Everest

It happened yesterday. I deliberately waited before rushing to blog.

As I wrote in April, particularly in the comments to my own post, this doesn't seem like a good thing.

In fact, it seems like an inevitable, headlong rush towards a tragedy. Not for this kid perhaps, but for the next one, or the one after that.


It runs to about eight pages, but stick with it - it's well worth a read.