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If
this 13-year-old American boy succeeds in his effort {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (climb)
Mount Everest, he has modest ambitions — pick a small piece of rock from the
top of the world as a memento (纪念品) and wear it in a necklace.
"I
will not sell it or give it to anyone. It is something for {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (me)
to say 'this is a rock from the summit'," Jordan Romero from California,
told reporters in Kathmandu. He left {#blank#}3{#/blank#} the mountain on Sunday.
If he
{#blank#}4{#/blank#} (succeed), Romero will become {#blank#}5{#/blank#} youngest climber to
scale the 8,850 meters Everest summit. {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (current) a 16-year-old
Nepali boy, Temba Tsheri Sherpa, holds the record of being the world's youngest
climber of Mount Everest. But Romero said he was not after {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (set)
climbing records.
Romero said Mount Qomolangma was part of
his goal to climb the highest mountains on all seven {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (continent).
"It
is just a goal," he {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (say) confidently. "If I don't
succeed I am okay. I will try again."
Romero
has already climbed Mount Kilimanjaro in Africa and Mount McKinley in Alaska
among others.
"I
know it requires a lot of {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (patient). I will remain patient. I
want to stay safe and make right choice," Romero said.