Sixteen-year-old Kaamya Karthikeyan has change into the youngest Indian mountaineer to scale the Mt Everest from the Nepal aspect. She additionally turns into the second youngest lady on this planet to attain this feat.
Lauding the achievement, the Indian Navy, by way of an announcement, stated: “After this feat, she has change into the second youngest lady on this planet, and the youngest Indian mountaineer to summit the world’s highest peak from the Nepal aspect.”
Kaamya, a category 12 scholar at Navy Kids Faculty, Mumbai, and her father Cdr S Karthikeyan efficiently summited Mt. Everest (8,849 m) on Might 20, in accordance with an announcement issued by the Navy.
Kaamya has accomplished six milestones in her mission to summit the best peak of all seven continents and goals to climb Mt. Vinson Massif in Antarctica this December to change into the youngest lady to perform the ‘7summits problem’, the Navy stated.
Sharing photos on social media platform X, the Navy wrote: “#IndianNavy congratulates Ms Kaamya Karthikeyan d/o Cdr S Karthikeyan on changing into the youngest #Indian & the second youngest lady on this planet to summit Mt Everest from the Nepal aspect. Kaamya has exhibited immense braveness & fortitude in summiting the best peaks in six of the seven continents.”
“#IndianNavy needs younger Kaamya the easiest in her aspiration to summit the best peaks of all seven continents, changing into the youngest lady to take action. #7SummitsChallenge,” it added.