
A 14-year old girl from Andhra Pradesh
has become the youngest
woman to climb Mount Everest, the highest peak in the world. Poorna is from the
Nizamabad district of Andhra Pradesh. On the unique mission, she was
accompanied by Anand, who is from the Khammam district. Poorna and Anand
symbolically carried photographs of BR Ambedkar and former IAS officer SR
Sankaran to the top of the world.
In November last year, Poorna and Anand were among a
dozen teenagers, who became the youngest group to climb Mount Renock, after
initially being denied training for being too young.
New Zealand's Edmund Hillary and his Sherpa guide
Tenzing Norgay were the first to climb Mount Everest on May 29, 1953. This week
marks the 61st anniversary of the conquest. Since then, more than 4,000 people
have climbed Mount Everest.
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