Thursday, March 31, 2011

boy has been on expeditions that would make most seasoned explorers and adventurists turn in their compasses and head home

Nico Saporito is just like any normal 11-year-old boy who likes to play outdoors and thinks he can climb mountains.

But when the South Florida pre-teen tells his parents he is going to reach a peak, they know he really means it.
Saporito, who hasn't even graduated grade school yet, recently became one of the youngest humans to scale Africa's mighty Mount Kilimanjaro, the highest freestanding mountain in the world.