Summary Of The Article 'Finding Your Everest' By Robert Medina

In the article “Finding Your Everest” by Robert Medina, The claim(s) offered are “Can parents go too far in supporting their children’s dreams?” and “ Many mountain climbers and medical experts questioned whether a 13-year-old boy could climb so high” On one hand the Parents of the young boy, Jordan Romero who fell in love with hiking mountains after seeing a mural at his school, believe that taking him to hike Mt.Everest is not pushing him too far but, Dr. Michael Bradley of the National Institute of Health and physician and Dr. Peter Hackett say otherwise. Paul Romero, Jordan’s father, believed that Jordan was totally capable in climbing the many summits that he did climb. Paul Romero is an experienced mountaineer and he knows what procedures and how to be safe and knows the risks involved when it comes to climbing mountains. The text says “ Paul Romero is an experienced mountaineer, so he knew what was involved. He also knew his son.” Many say that Jordan has reached the maximum level of mentally and physically health but, his father says that he is nowhere near that point. The text says “ He talked about the point where Jordan might have “reached his maximum mentally, physically, and where the risk has become too high.” He said,

Michael Bradley of the National Institute of Health and physician and Dr. Peter Hackett say that the risk are too high. The text says “ “Most 13-year-olds don’t have the wiring to make cognitive life-and-death decisions and are not truly able to understand what they’re signing on for.”’ Also the text says, “that there are conflicting opinions about the effects on a young brain. Some theories say that a young brain is more resilient; others say that it may be more vulnerable.” This shows that doctors say the Jordan is too young to climb Mt.Everest and other mountains and that taking him to climb them is very dangerous and could cause injuries mentally and physically. This is what doctors are