A British four-year-old has become the youngest person ever to reach the summit of an 11,000ft mountain, scaling steep precipices and surviving extreme weather conditions to get there.
Jackson Houlding, and his sister Freya, eight, spent two-weeks camping in the wilderness of Wyoming’s Rocky Mountains, led by their father Leo, 41, an expert rock climber and former British Junior Indoor Climbing Champion, and mother Jessica, 42, a GP and outdoors enthusiast.
During the trip, Jackson became the youngest person to climb Pingora Peak – at a staggering 11,889ft – unaided, while Freya became the youngest to scale nearby Wolf’s Head, at 12,165ft.
The Wind River Range where they spent two weeks summiting peaks can be treacherous, and is home to bears, bugs and freezing temperatures at night. The family rented llamas to help carry their gear.
