Good News Sunday: Meet the Naperville 18-year-old who is the youngest American woman to summit Mount Everest

Good News Sunday: Meet the Naperville 18-year-old who is the youngest American woman to summit Mount Everest

  • Lucy Westlake of Naperville poses in front of the summit of Mount Everest.

    Lucy Westlake of Naperville poses in front of the summit of Mount Everest. Courtesy of Lucy Westlake's Instagram account

 
Susan Klovstad
 
 
Posted5/15/2022 7:20 AM

Lucy Westlake did it. The 18-year-old Naperville native became the youngest American woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest, according to a post on the Instagram account of the expedition group she's climbing with.

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