Wilmette Native Taylor Sweitzer Reaches the Everest Summit, Completing the Explorer’s Grand Slam
Wilmette native Taylor Sweitzer has conquered the Explorer’s Grand Slam, a prodigious challenge to reach the North Pole, South Pole, and the highest summits on each of the seven continents. Sweitzer, a 2012 New Trier graduate, completed the feat in May 2021 after summiting his last remaining peak: Mount Everest. Fewer than 100 people have […]
