Would you let your 13yr old climb MOUNT EVEREST???

well if it was safe and they had a good amount of people to follow him and make sure he is safe. A kid that age doing ot alone would be asking for trouble.

well if im the parent of the 13 year old kid i could give motivation about what the kid i'll motivate the kid to what he loves like mountain climbing but climbing the Mount Everest at a young age i won't let him do that even if the kid could hold a Guinness World of Record tittle cause the risk is very dangerous the fact that the kid is very young

For me it is a bit dangerous to let my thirteen years old kid to climb the Mountain Everest though, it is known as the highest mountain in the world so I can imagine how it will be if someone misses a step or something worst. This is too young to climb such a mountain though.

This is some feat. First of all, i don't think my 13 year old would have the motivation to take on such a task. Secondly, I can't see myself willing to put my child's safety at risk. Mountain climbing is dangerous enough for adults trained at such an endeavor. I will leave it to them and keep my child safely at home with me.

For me if they want and no failure of his heart why not.

Well I would not let my 14 year old son climb Mount Everest, but the most he's climbed is the stairs to bed!! However this child must be a really good climber who is quite cab=pabale - and would be much more able to climb it than I would.

First off, congratulations to that kid who managed to successfully climb the tallest mountain in the world. That is such an amazing feat since he's only 13 years old and quite a risk both him and his family were taking. I think I would let my 13 year old kid climb Mt. Everest if he had the skill and courage to do it. Mt. Everest is a SERIOUS endeavor that doesn't only require skill and guts, but a TON of money and experience. If this kid managed to get a green light to go to Everest, why not let him? I'm sure he earned the opportunity to go. Typically climbers go in group sand if a group found him to be skilled enough to join them, then by all means, I would let him/her go for excellence.

I wouldn´t know if I would or not, as the question never came up. I did let my 15 year old girl go from South America to England alone. She had to change airports, didn´t know a word of Englisg and was pampered and provincial. While we watched her walk to the plane (that´s how it was done in those days) I hated myself for having let her go. Later we found out that she made friends with a gentleman in the plane (he onlytalked in English, she only did it in Spanish) and he had helped her change airports and planes. Now I still wonder about what could have happened to her. What if...! But she reached Cambridge where she was going and she now knows her way around inthe world. In this post, I feel the Everest is not the problem but the unknown and whether we, as parents, would let our children take some risks.

I don't think I'd let my kid attempt it either but I got to admit, that's one hell of a job what he did. I'm amazed. Mountain climbing isn't an easy thing to do but this kid made it so.