Beginning Armstrong started his career as
mountain climber at the age of 6 after watching a documentary about hiking. After finding out that the youngest person that ever climbed
Mount Whitney was 9 years, Armstrong started to train every day and soon started to climb his first mountains.
Expeditions Mount Whitney (July 26, 2011) – 14,495 feet Armstrong climbed
Mount Whitney in a single day on July 26, 2011. At 7 years old, he might be the youngest boy to climb the mountain, with a 6-year-old girl, summiting in 2018. and later in 2019 twins aged 4 years 5 months old. Starting at the base camp, his 11-mile hike to the top, with an elevation gain of more than 6000 feet, took him 7 hours and 50 minutes. After obtaining a special permit, Armstrong started his climb on December 15, taking the Polish Glacier Traverse Route. On December 24, 2013, Armstrong reached the top and broke the record for being the youngest person to climb Aconcagua, at the age of 9.
Denali (June 2016) — 20,310 ft (6190 m) At the age of 12, Tyler was denied a permit to climb Everest in the spring of 2016. Instead, he climbed
Denali, reaching the summit in June 2016.
Mountains climbed •
Denali (20,310 ft) •
Mount Kilimanjaro (19,341 ft.) By the summer of 2016 he had raised $25,000 out of a goal of one million dollars. In addition to climbing he also hosted a special fund-raising movie presentation of
Everest, with proceeds going to CureDuchenne foundation. ==Personal life==