We will never say that climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro is easy. And it’s certainly not true that anybody can do it. But if an eight-year-old kid can climb Mt. Kilimanjaro, what’s your excuse?

(From NBC Los Angeles)

Meet Tyler Armstrong of Yorba Linda, California, who just became the second-youngest person to climb Mt. Kilimanjaro. He did it to raise awareness and money for Cure Duchenne, which is trying to eradicate a rare and fatal form of muscular dystrophy.

And what does an eight-year-old do after climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro? Well, according to the story, other than going into the third grade …

Tyler is no stranger to big mountain peaks.

He’s climbed six big mountains, including the tallest peak in the continental United States, Mt. Whitney.

His next adventure is the 22,841-foot peak, Mt. Aconcagua, the tallest in the Americas.

He plans to conquer that when he turns 9.

If he succeeds, he would be the youngest person to reach the top of that mountain.