Naperville teen Lucy Westlake is the youngest female to summit the highest point in each of America’s 50 states. (photo courtesy of the Westlake family)

Chicago's Afternoon News

Meet the Naperville teen who set mountain-climbing world record

by: Brian Althimer

Posted: Jun 29, 2021 / 07:43 PM CDT

Updated: Jun 29, 2021 / 07:43 PM CDT

Naperville teen Lucy Westlake is the youngest female to summit the highest point in each of America’s 50 states. (photo courtesy of the Westlake family)

Lucy Westlake from Naperville is the youngest female to summit the highest point in each of America's 50 states.

by: Brian Althimer

Posted: Jun 29, 2021 / 07:43 PM CDT

Updated: Jun 29, 2021 / 07:43 PM CDT

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17 year-old Naperville mountaineer Lucy Westlake joins Steve Bertrand on Chicago’s Afternoon News to explain how she, along with her father, Rodney Westlake, reached the top of Denali, the highest point on the North American continent, breaking the world record.