Britton Keeshan
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Britton Keeshan (born December 1, 1981), a graduate of Phillips Academy, Middlebury College, and Dartmouth College, is one of the youngest persons to climb the tallest mountains on all seven continents (the Seven Summits). He accomplished this feat on May 24, 2004, when he successfully summited Mount Everest. He was 22 years and 179 days old and held the record until June 2005, until 21-year-old Jake Meyer took it. When Samantha Larson completed the Seven Summits at age 18 in May 2007, Keeshan moved to fourth on the list.[1]
Keeshan is the grandson of Bob Keeshan, the children's performer better known as Captain Kangaroo. He had a close relationship with his grandfather and he buried a photo of the two of them at the summit of Mount Everest.
Keeshan is a member of the class of 2010 at the University of Vermont College of Medicine.
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