Lucy Westlake

Lucy Westlake (born November 4, 2003) is an American mountaineer. She became the youngest American woman to climb Mount Everest, at the time, when she reached the summit on May 12, 2022. She is also the youngest female to have climbed the highest point in each U.S. State when she reached the summit of Denali in June 2021.

Early & personal life Westlake was born on November 4, 2003, during a snowstorm in her family's cabin in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Westlake's family lived in Mexico for a year when she was 6. In 2016, Westlake moved to Naperville, Illinois. She attended Naperville North High School, and graduated a semester early in 2021 in order to climb Everest.

Westlake attends the University of Southern California where she has received a scholarship to compete in cross country and track and field. She is a Christian. In 2022, Westlake partnered with AWE Summit Scholarship Foundation Program to award 2023 Summit Scholarships to young women as a commitment to advancing gender equity in mountaineering.

Athletics Westlake is an avid runner, who started competing at an early age in various races and competed throughout high school in cross country and track and field. By age four, she had convinced her parents to allow her to race in her town's 5K race. In her final high school race on November 7, 2021, she set a personal best in a three-mile race with a time of 16:55.54 at the Illinois Girls' Cross Country Class 3A State Championship while running for Naperville North High School. She placed ninth and Naperville North placed seventh overall. She is also an elite triathlete in the USA Triathlon Junior Elite Series.

Climbing career

U.S. State Highpoints

On July 22, 2016, at the age of 12 years, 8 months, and 18 days, Westlake became the youngest girl to summit the highest point in each state in the contiguous United States, finishing at Kings Peak in Utah.

Westlake's record has since been beaten by Emma Schwerin, who reached the summit of Everest on May 15, 2025 at the age of 17 years, 2 months, and 24 days.