tyler armstrong believed to be the youngest person to reach the summit.ost children were opening presents, tyler armstrong scaling the tallest mountain to give to children who can't walk. this 9-year-old climbed the mountain in ten days, up 22,000 feet all to raise money for a crippling muscle disease that affects 300,000 boys world wide including his friend, hawken. >> a lot of times just being able to walk, that provides a lot. >> to have have a big heart like that makes me want to cry. >> it's believed he set a record. when his first call to his mother. >> tyler called me and said mom, merry christmas i just started to cry. >> tyler is no stranger to climbing. he scaled mount whitney and trained a year and a half for this climb. he was better fit than i was. >> his parents say adventures have always been his idea. >> hopefully, one day, they can climb with me. >> he told me he's now thinking about climbing in russia. >> barbara b asked very applied for health coverage but have not heard anything. what should i do to ensure very coverage? >> great quest

tyler armstrong climbed south america's tallest mountain in argentina. e youngest person to reach the summit. he was accompanied by his father. but it was not without a price. >> i couldn't sleep. tyler called me and said, hi, mom, merry christmas. i was so excited. >> more than 100 climbers have lost their lives on that summit. tyler had to get special permission because of his very tender age and his father said that he had to keep tyler because he's in better shape than his father. >>> all right, we got that specificy times square ball drop thing out of the way, it's time for the tournament of roses parade. some of the 700,000 spectators are already in position along the route in pasadena. volunteers spent thousands of hours on the others. not all of the volunteers are adults. >> rather somewhere else playing with a barber doll or a video game? >> no. i like helping the community, so this is fun for me. >> you want to tell the 12-year-olds out there get out of the video games and volunteer? >> you need to stop, like, sitting around and help the communi

. >> tyler armstrong is believed to be the youngest person to climb south america's tallest mountain,rite story of the day! >> reporter: while most children were opening their christmas presents, tyler armstrong was scaling south america's tallest mountain to give to children who can't walk. >> i w was worth it for christmas. >> reporter: this 9-year-old from california climbed the mountain in ten days, up 22,000 feet, all to raise money to cure the crippling muscle disease that affects nearly 3,000 boys worldwide, including tyler's friend who welcomed him home. >> a lot of people are just happy to walk, and that really provides a lot of hope for us. >> to be a 9-year-old and have a big heart like that kind of makes me want to cry. >> reporter: during this climb it is believed tyler set a new record. >> i'm the youngest person to climb this mountain. >> reporter: on a day when temperatures reached negative 19 degrees, his first call was to his mother back home. >> i just could not sleep. tyler calls me and says hi, mom, merry christmas and i was just so excited. i started to cry knowi

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tyler armstrong climbed south america's tallest mountain in argentina.eved to be the youngest person to reach the summit. he was accompanied by his father. but it was not without a price. >> it was worth missing christmas. >> i couldn't sleep. tyler called me and said, hi, mom, merry christmas. i was just so excited. >> more than 100 climbers have lost their lives on that summit. less than a third of those obtain permits to climb that summit, actually reach the summit. tyler had to get special permission because of his very tender age and his father said that he had to keep up with tyler because he's in better shape than his father. >>> all right, we got that pesky times square ball drop thing out of the way, it's time for the tournament of roses parade. some of the 700,000 spectators are already in position along the route in pasadena. most of the floats are performed by professionals. volunteers spent thousands of hours on the others, but not all of the volunteers are adults. >> you wouldn't rather be somewhere else playing with a barber doll or a vide

you may have heard about nine-year-old tyler armstrong. mit of the tallest peak in the western and southern hemispheres in argenti argentina. he's the youngest in history to complete the climb. tyler, you must feel and this will sound crazy, but on top of the world to summit this mountain. how was it for you? >> it was amazing. >> i'll bet it was amazing, but honestly, weren't you scared? >> no, because we took the right classes, and i was well-prepared for it. >> kevin, were you at all hesitant to embark on this project? >> i was a little hesitant just because i was not a climber before tyler began this endeavor when he was young, and so i've had to kind of learn and take classes with him, so that i could make sure that he would be okay, but as far as this climb itself, no, tyler trained so hard for this climb, and i watched him prepare that i knew that he could do it safely. >> it's just so hard to believe you said that, that you're not a climber. most people would think you're the climber, you trained your son to come along. did you have

tyler armstrong spent christmas eve becoming the youngest person to ever climb a 23,000 foot mountain and he's doing it for a great cause. my interview with tyler and his father kevin all coming up at the top of the hour from the warm confines of the studio, don. >> stories like that make you say what i am a doing with my life? >> i'm just telling the news. thanks for reminding me. >> thank you, a.b. we'll be watching at the top of the hour. >>> cut for supporting gay rights. that's the claim being made by former vikings player kluwe. he writes, it is my belief based on everything that happened over the course of 2012 that i was fired by mike priefer, a bigot who didn't agree with the cause i was working for. he denies the allegations saying he does not tolerate discrimination of any type. the vikings are conducting an independent investigation into the matter but this is not the first time the nfl has faced tough questions about its gays. you are a former football player who came out after retirement. thanks for joining us. how are you? >> aloha, don, i'm doing well. happy new year.

. >> tyler armstrong is home this morning in southern california after trekking argentina's highest mountain. he summited it on christmas eve 22,841 feet. the legal age to make the trek is 14 years old. so he needed a permit. >> sometimes it was a little bit scary because there was ice and then water going down the ice. >> tyler was joined by his father. he is the youngest person on ever to stand on that mountain. >>> 5:20. coming up, photo bomb fail. what happens when a football fan tries to get some on air time on live tv? coming up. >>> nerd nation took the field as a one touchdown favorite in pasadena gives michigan state stanford looking to repeat as champion. a rundown of bowl action coming up next in sports. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, right side of the screen. a th >>> a would-be photo bomber took a fall on a sidewalk. watch the guy coming in from the right side of the screen. oh, there you go. about the time he starts to mug for a live camera, his feet went out from under him. [ laughter ] >> there you go. the reporter didn't even know until an anchor point it out. but the guy popped right

tyler armstrong is home tonight in southern california after trekking argentina's highest mountain.ited south america's tallest peak christmas eve 22,841 feet. the legal age to make the trek is 14 years old. so he needed a permit. >> sometimes it was a little bit scary because it was ice and then water going down the ice. >> tyler was joined by his father during his trek. he is the youngest person ever to stand on top of that mountain. >> wait until he gets back in school, huh? >>> it wasn't just fireworks in the sky on new year's eve. >> several people in northern california reported seeing mysterious flying objects in sacramento, auburn and stockton. they all described similar scenes. >> i seen like six bright orange colored lights and they are like almost in diamond or triangle shape. it was weird. and so they started just separating. >> of course, there's usually a rational explanation for ufo sightings. the 2008 sighting over the sacramento valley was actually an airplane. a year later a mysterious flashing light turned out to be some power lines. but i don't know, these could