10-Year-Old Girl Becomes Youngest to Climb Yosemite's El Capitan

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Making it to the top of El Capitan is a daunting feat even for the most experienced climbers.
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AI GeneratedTen-year-old Selah Schneider has become the youngest person on record to summit El Capitan in Yosemite. Accompanied by her father and a family friend, she successfully scaled the 3,000-foot rock formation, a feat that surpasses the height of the world's tallest building.
What did you accomplish in elementary school?
Well, listen to this, 10-year-old Selah Schneider
reached the summit of El Capitan in Yosemite,
and she's the youngest person on record to do it.
Selah scaled the 3,000-foot rock formation
with her daddy and a family friend last week.
Big accomplishment, even for an experienced climber.
The route she took is higher
than the world's tallest building.
You could say Selah was born to reach these heights.
Both of her parents are devoted climbers.
Our motto was, how do you eat an elephant?
Small bites.
So we were just trying to do it, you know,
one day at a time, one move at a time, one foot at a time.
I still wouldn't be able to do it.
Selah's father is a hiking instructor
and says he fell in love with her mom
on the same mountain, so it was perfect.
Oh my God, look at her.
That's her mantis daughter.
And have her do it as well.
Oh, that.
That is an adventurous family.
Oh my goodness.
Wow, that makes me nervous looking at it.
I know.
I'm not afraid of heights,
but I'm scared of looking at this.
I'd be afraid that high.
Yeah, and you like roller coasters.
And I love roller coasters.
And you're adventurous.
Yes, kind of.
I'm slowing down very quickly.
No, I'll be on the ground too, cheering whoever on.
