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Eli Reimer, 15, from Bend, is back in the states after being the first teen with Down syndrome to reach Everest Base Camp.

• The Elisha Foundation

Eli, his dad, Justin, and six other climbers made the journey to raise money for The Elisha Foundation and children with disabilities. The Reimers trained in the Cascades for a year before making the 70-mile hike in the Himalayan mountains. The trek to the South Base Camp in Nepaul, which sits at 17,600, took 19 days to complete.

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Congratulations on your awesome accomplishment Eli and family! Nice work and welcome home.

This article appears in Mar 21-27, 2013.

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Bend Teen with Down Syndrome Makes it to Everest Base Camp

by Brianna Brey, The Source - Bend, Oregon
March 27, 2013

<h1>Bend Teen with Down Syndrome Makes it to Everest Base Camp</h1> <p class="byline">by Brianna Brey, The Source - Bend, Oregon <br />March 27, 2013</p> <p>Eli Reimer, 15, from Bend, is back in the states after being the first teen with Down syndrome to reach Everest Base Camp.</p> <p><div class="blogImageCenter"><img src="https://media1.fdncms.com/bend/imager/the-elisha-foundation/u/original/2225868/1364403409-eli-reimer-at-everest-base-camp.jpg" alt="The Elisha Foundation" title="The Elisha Foundation" width="360" height="240" /></p> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.bendsource.com/bend/ImageArchives?by=2124650" target="_blank"></a></li> <li>The Elisha Foundation</li> </ul> </div> <p>Eli, his dad, Justin, and six other climbers made the journey to raise money for The Elisha Foundation and children with disabilities. The Reimers trained in the Cascades for a year before making the 70-mile hike in the Himalayan mountains. The trek to the South Base Camp in Nepaul, which sits at 17,600, took 19 days to complete. </p> <p>&lt;a href=&quot;http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/03/27/history-made-teen-with-down-syndrome-reaches-everest-base-camp/#ixzz2OlCbUrjP<br />" target="_blank"&gt;Read more about Eli's journey here. </a></p> <p>Congratulations on your awesome accomplishment Eli and family! Nice work and welcome home.</p> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/bend-teen-with-down-syndrome-makes-it-to-everest-base-camp-2225867/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com&quot;&gt;The Source - Bend, Oregon&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cropped-Untitled-design-4.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;</p> &lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=18902&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/bend-teen-with-down-syndrome-makes-it-to-everest-base-camp-2225867/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/bendsource.com/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;

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