This will be extra special for me as both my parents are accompanying me this time and also because I will be doing a ski descent from the peak. After creating a world record at the age of nine by becoming the youngest in the world to scale Mt Stok Kangri at 20,187 feet last year, Kaamya Karthikeyan has now set her eyes on Mt Elbrus.
Having conquered the highest mountains of Africa, Australia and Europe, I am now preparing to summit South America’s highest peak Mt.
MentokKangri II (6,250 metres above mean sea level) — her highest peak thus far — after a gruelling eight-hour climb to the summit under extreme weather conditions.
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Kaamya Karthikeyan summited the Mt Aconcagua peak on February 1, 2020 and unfurled the tricolour on the mountain peak. You have reached your limit for free articles this month. Kaamya Karthikeyan is a Class VII student studying in Navy Children School. She is scheduled to return to India on June 21, but has already charted out her plan for the next climb — Mt Kosciuszko in Australia later this year. From cycling uphill at Dolphin Hills twice a day and waking up at 3 am for long treks to going for walks in dark roads with head lamps to get the feel of what it would be on the final day of the summit, Kaamya’s training period had been intense.
However, this thrilling yet dangerous hobby is expensive.
A class VII student of Mumbai’s CBSE-affiliated Navy Children School, Kaamya Karthikeyan is getting used to experiencing that top of the world feeling from early age. Little braveheart Kaamya Karthikeyan Photo: Special Arrangement Write CSS OR LESS and hit save. Kaamya Karthikeyan has become the youngest girl in the world to summit Mt Aconcagua.
It has helped us keep apace with events and happenings. CTRL + SPACE for auto-complete. This is Europe’s highest mountain at 18,510 feet and the 10th most important peak in the world. Starting with weekend treks in Lonavala at age three, by the time she was nine (2016), Kaamya had completed several high altitude Himalayan treks with her parents including Roopkund (5,020 m), Harki Dun (3,566 m) and Chandrasheela (4,000 m) in Uttarakhand.
The young achiever aims to complete " After creating a world record at the age of nine by becoming the youngest in the world to scale Mt Stok Kangri at 20,187 feet last year, Kaamya Karthikeyan has now set her eyes on Mt Elbrus. On August 24, Kaamya scaled the summit of Ladakh’s Mt.
“I have been cycling and trekking in preparation for the expedition,” she says. Honoured to be associated with the launch of the newest campaign on sports and fitness by IIT Madras... due tune in this Saturday at 6 PM... Live …
Since then, she has scaled the highest peaks of Africa (Mt. Watch | A 'Climate Clock' that counts down to an irreversible climate crisis.
Earlier this year in January, she completed her advanced skiing course from the Indian Institute of Skiing and Mountaineering in Gulmarg.
She has set the record of become the youngest in the world to summit the highest peak of the Andes Mountain Range, Mt Aconcagua.
Kaamya Karthikeyan summited the Mt Aconcagua peak on February 1, 2020 and unfurled the tricolour on the mountain peak. A student of Class VI of Navy Children’s School in Visakhapatnam, Kaamya has been able to juggle with ease her academics and adventure sports pursuits. We are now approaching companies and government agencies to sponsor her future expeditions,” says Lavanya.