Nice to meet you I’m George Atkinson, the boy of the Seven Summits

Today we are featuring George Atkinson, a 16 years old boy from London who turned 17 three days before he was on top of the world, on Mt.Everest (29029 ft), with guides and sherpas, thus concluding his pursuit to the Seven Summits, the seven highest mountains of all continents.

George started this challenge when he was 11 and put his feet on Kilimanjaro, the highest pot in Africa, thus becoming part of the long line of pursuers of weird records ripping the primacy of youth (for less than one month) to the American John Collinson, who put his seventh flag last year.

George celebrated his seventeenth birthday at Everest base camp at the foot of the south side, in Nepal. From there, with oxygen supplies, he started to climb. Now he's on his way back home in Surbiton, a suburb southwest of London.

Mum Penny tells us the only words George said after completing his task: "He was on top at 8:15, the weather was beautiful." No snow storms, cold acceptable. McKinley (20329 ft), the highest peak in North America, Alaska, was the hardest climb. He reminds: " A hard psychological experience, we spent 18 days on the glacier and the weather was the most extreme.".

George's career began in the mountains roped together with his father when he wasonly 6 years. They arrived at the top of Ulster, that is, on Slieve Donard, little risky rocky hill of 2700 feet. The following year, he rises to the highest peaks of Great Britain, Scotland, Englandand Wales. Mountain as a passion, why? George: "I feel joy on every mountainbecause there I can breathe an amazing sense of freedom. " And if Dad is with him satisfaction is double: "We are looking for something together, something we both feel. I love this".

His ride on the highest poins of the planets, starts from Africa in 2005, two years later he's on Mt.Elbrus, In the Caucasus, and in 2008 he conquered the Aconcagua, the highest mountain in the Andes, and the indonesian Carstensz Pyramid. In 2010 he deals with the two icy mountains located at the opposite poles: the McKinley and Vinson.