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Golden boy may have just become the youngest person to ever ski on all 7 continents

Maddock Lipp says he liked Antarctica best “because I got to ski next to the penguins.”

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Maddock Lipp, an 8-year-old boy from Golden, may have broken the world record for the youngest person to ski on all seven continents. (Provided by The Lipp Family via Denver7)
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Maddock Lipp, an 8-year-old boy from Golden, just possibly broke the world record for the youngest person to ski on all seven continents.

The family claims that Guinness World Records last tracked this feat in 2008, but that Maddock is much younger than that child — so there’s a pretty good shot he has it.

Since he was 4 years old, Maddock has slowly been skiing his way across the world (not alone, though. His family comes, too). He has skied in Italy, Morocco, Chile, South Korea, Australia, Colorado, and, as of last week, Antarctica.

“Antarctica (was my favorite) because I got to ski next to the penguins,” he said.

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