Nepal ? At age 13, Jordan Romero is headed to Mount Everest in an attempt to become the youngest person to scale the world’s highest mountain — and complete his goal of climbing the highest peaks on all seven continents.

The teenager from Big Bear, California, was busy Saturday with his father Paul and stepmother Karen packing mountaineering gear and planning details of their expedition with three Sherpa guides who will accompany them.

The team leaves Katmandu, Nepal’s capital, for China today and then will travel to the base camp on the Chinese side of the 29,035-foot mountain.

Jordan has already climbed the highest peaks on six other continents and hopes to reach Everest’s summit in May.