Jake Meyer was the youngest Briton to climb Mount Everest (aged 21 years 4 months). The record is now held by Rob Gauntlett who was 19 at the time. Jake is also the youngest male to complete the ‘'Seven Summits'’ – the highest mountains in each of the seven continents.

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  • Jake Meyer was the youngest Briton to climb Mount Everest (aged 21 years 4 months). The record is now held by Rob Gauntlett who was 19 at the time. Jake is also the youngest male to complete the ‘'Seven Summits'’ – the highest mountains in each of the seven continents. From Tetbury in Gloucestershire, England Meyer was educated at Beaudesert Park School, Cheam School and Marlborough College, then embarked on the study of Environmental Geoscience at Bristol University, where he was also a member of Bristol University Officer Training Corps. He has since been commissioned into the Royal Wessex Yeomanry as an Armoured Troop Leader. Meyer began climbing at 13. Aged 15, he watched the dawn of the new millennium with his father, from the crater rim of his first summit, Kilimanjaro. At 18, he climbed Mount Elbrus in Southern Russia, Europe's highest peak. In 2002, he was awarded with a ‘’Winston Churchill Memorial Trust’’ travelling fellowship to climb Denali, Aconcagua and Kosciuszko, the highest peaks in North and South America and Australia respectively. He completed all 7 climbs by the age of 21 years and 4 months. "Unfortunately, getting to the top is only half the story - you have to get back down afterwards. " - Jake Meyer.
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  • Jake Meyer was the youngest Briton to climb Mount Everest (aged 21 years 4 months). The record is now held by Rob Gauntlett who was 19 at the time. Jake is also the youngest male to complete the ‘'Seven Summits'’ – the highest mountains in each of the seven continents.
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  • Jake Meyer
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