美9歲男孩成功登頂6962米南美最高峯
A 9-year-old boy from Southern California has become the youngest person in recorded history to reach the summit of Argentina's Aconcagua mountain, which at 22,841 feet (6,962 meters) is the tallest peak in the Western and Southern hemispheres.
一名來自美國南加州的九歲男孩成爲了歷史上最年輕的登上阿根廷阿空加瓜山頂峯的人。該山峯是西南半球的最高峯，高達22841英尺（6962米）。
Tyler Armstrong of Yorba Linda reached the summit on Christmas Eve with his father Kevin and a Tibetan sherpa, Lhawang Dhondup, who has climbed Mt. Everest multiple times. They were in fine spirits Friday as they left Aconcagua, whose sheer precipices and bitter cold have claimed more than 100 climbers' lives.
聖誕節前夕，來自約巴林市的泰勒-阿姆斯特朗和父親凱文，以及曾多次攀爬珠穆朗瑪峯的西藏夏爾巴人拉旺頓珠成功到達了阿空加瓜山頂峯。他們週五離開阿空加瓜山時，精神狀態良好。據悉，該山峯的懸崖斷壁和嚴寒已經造成100多人死亡。
"You can really see the world's atmosphere up there. All the clouds are under you, and it's really cold," Tyler said, describing the summit to The Associated Press. "It doesn't look anything like a kid's drawing of a mountain. It's probably as big as a house at the summit, and then it's a sheer drop."
“你真的能在那兒看到大氣層。所有的雲都在你周圍，不過真的很冷，”泰勒這樣描述，“這看起來一點也不像我們畫的山。山頂像房子那樣大，四周是陡峭的山崖。”
Only 30 percent of the 7,000 people who obtain permits to climb Aconcagua each year make the summit, said Nicolas Garcia, who handled their logistics from down below. No one under 14 is usually allowed, so the family had to persuade an Argentine judge that Tyler could safely accomplish the feat.
在每年申請登山的7000人中只有30%的人能獲得許可攀爬阿空加瓜山，後勤負責人尼古拉斯-加西亞說。通常14歲以下是不準上去的，所以阿姆斯特朗家族的人不得不向阿根廷法官保證，泰勒可以安全地完成此次冒險。
"Any kid can really do this, all they have to do is try. And set their mind to the goal," said Tyler, who worked out twice a day for a year and a half to prepare for the climb. He also held fundraisers, not only to defray the cost but to raise money for CureDuchenne, which funds muscular dystrophy research.
“任何孩子都可以做到，他們需要嘗試，並且下定決心。”泰勒說，他一天鍛鍊兩次，花了一年半時間準備攀爬。他還舉行了籌款活動，這不僅是爲了籌集出行的資金，也是爲了資助肌肉萎縮症的研究。
"Most people think we as parents are pushing Tyler to do this, when it's completely the opposite. I wouldn't climb it if I didn't have to, but my wife makes me do it to keep watch on him," his father said.
父親凱文-阿姆斯特朗說，“大多數人認爲我們作爲父母是在逼迫孩子這樣做，其實完全相反。如果不是我妻子讓我照看着泰勒，我自己是不會想要去登頂的。”
Aconcagua's previous record-holder was Matthew Moniz of Boulder, Colorado, who was 10 when he reached the summit in 2008.
在泰勒之前，創下阿空加瓜山最年輕攻頂紀錄的是美國男孩孟尼茲，他在2008年以10歲年齡挑戰成功。
Tyler had already climbed the 19,341-foot (5,895-meter) Mt. Kilimanjaro in Tanzania at the age of 8, and with Aconcagua conquered, is determined to reach all "seven summits," the highest mountains on each of the seven continents.
泰勒在8歲時已經成功征服了位於坦桑尼亞的非洲最高峯——海拔5895米的乞力馬扎羅山。現在他又成功登頂阿空加瓜山頂峯，因此他下定決心要征服七大洲的最高峯。
