First U.S. Teen With Down Syndrome Reaches Mt. Everest Base Camp
A courageous young man from Oregon made history with the first recorded account of an American teenager with Down syndrome to reach a base camp of Mt. Everest. After nearly two weeks of walking, 15-year old Eli Reimer reached 17,600 feet. Eli's father, Justin, joined his son for the ascent in an effort to raise funds for their family's charity, The Elisha Foundation.
"It was surreal," Justin Reimer told HLN in an interview. "To be standing there at that place and see the smile on Eli's face and the sense of accomplishment that he had, and the fact that his health was better than any of us at that point"¦ it was humbling, it was inspiring, just an amazing moment." Ref. Source 1
Mt Everest tragedy: 13 bodies found
Search teams recovered a 13th body on Saturday (Local time) from the snow and ice covering a dangerous climbing pass on Mount Everest, where an avalanche a day earlier swept over a group of Sherpa guides in the deadliest disaster on the world's highest peak. Ref. Source 7