Coaltan Tanner, 6 year old boy becomes youngest ever to summit Mt. Kilimanjaro

Coaltan Tanner (age 6) is now the youngest person to climb Kilimanjaro.

Coaltan, from Albuquerque, New Mexico, reached the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro in October 2018 at the age of 6 years and 1 month.

Prior to Coaltan, Los Angeles native Keats Boyd held the record for the youngest person to climb Mt Kilimanjaro. He reached the top in 2008, at the age of seven.

A 6-year-old Albuquerque boy has established a global record by being the youngest person to climb Africa’s highest peak without being carried.

Coaltan Tanner, who turned six in September, has recently returned from a vacation to Tanzania, Africa, where he climbed Mount Kilimanjaro with his parents.

“If you don’t give up, then you can do anything,” Tanner said in an interview on Wednesday, less than 10 days after reaching the summit.

Montannah Kenney, a 7-year-old girl from Austin, Texas, previously held the record.

Coaltan was encouraged to climb after hearing about Kenney’s feat in the news.

“I thought, oh, I can do that,” Tanner remarked. “I wanted to break the world record while also seeing a lot of nature.”

Caitlyn and Ethan Tanner, Coaltan’s mother and father, accompanied him on the entire trek up and down Kilimanjaro. Coaltan’s enthusiasm in climbing began years ago, according to his parents, when they read him an adventure book.

Caitlyn claims Coaltan was drawn to a section about conquering Mount Everest.

“He was stuck on this Mount Everest climbing thing, and we were like, ‘That’s a little bit too dangerous for a kid your age.'” Coaltan’s mother, Caitlyn Tanner, spoke forward.

Coaltan, on the other hand, is said to have never stopped talking about mountain climbing and trekking. The family eventually started bringing Coaltan on walks in the Sandias. Coaltan’s first adventure was an eight-mile roundtrip trek up to the crash site of the TWA airliner.

“We went to the plane wreck in the Sandias when Coaltan was 4, and yeah, he went and hiked up all the way by himself,” Coaltan’s father, Ethan Tanner, recalled.

Coaltan eventually proposed the idea after seeing a news item on Montannah Kenney’s accomplishment in April 2018.

“For sure, I thought it was a lofty dream because a lot of kids think they can put on a cape and jump off the roof and fly,” Caitlyn explained.

According to the family, Coaltan did not abandon the concept.

“You know, he did it all on his own, and we just kind of wanted to support him,” Ethan explained.

Coaltan’s parents assisted in making it happen by putting in months of training and finally obtaining special permission from the Tanzanian government. Coaltan’s ascent to the top was his second try after government officials turned off his first attempt during the summer due to worries about his age.

“We worked really hard, and we finally got to the top and saw that it was going to be a reality for him,” Ethan said as he saw his kid reach the peak of Kilimanjaro.

Coaltan’s next goal is to climb Mt. Chimborazo in Ecuador. He’s still intrigued by Everest. Caitlyn claims Coaltan was drawn to a section about conquering Mount Everest.

“He was stuck on this Mount Everest climbing thing, and we were like, ‘That’s a little bit too dangerous for a kid your age.'” Coaltan’s mother, Caitlyn Tanner, spoke forward.

Coaltan, on the other hand, is said to have never stopped talking about mountain climbing and trekking. The family eventually started bringing Coaltan on walks in the Sandias.

Coaltan’s first adventure was an eight-mile roundtrip trek up to the crash site of the TWA airliner.

“We went to the plane wreck in the Sandias when Coaltan was 4, and yeah, he went and hiked up all the way by himself,” Coaltan’s father, Ethan Tanner, recalled.

Youngest Person To Climb Kilimanjaro – All The Candidates

In this page, you will find information on all of the known children in our database that broke the record for the youngest person to climb Kilimanjaro, from the most recent record holder to the first ever record holder: