An eight-year-old boy has become the youngest person to summit El Capitan in Yosemite National Park.
while hanging off the side of El Capitan. He later said from inside his tent, “We are up one-third of El Capitan.”
Video showed the boy training for the climb and WFAA reported he has scaled peaks across the country:He expected the child to cry throughout the climb because it was difficult and emotional, but “He has been so tough and worked through all of it.” His training included climbing Moonlight Buttress in Utah’s Zion National Park and that was how his father knew Sam was ready to take on El Capitan.“Where it’s like nope, today’s goal is just to get to there. It’s just five pitches today or just seven pitches today or just two more to go. Like that, a kid can swallow, but you can’t swallow the wall or else you quit,” he concluded.