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Kaamya Karthikeyan Sets Record as the Youngest Female to Conquer the Highest Peaks Across All Seven Continents.

International | Dated: 01 Jan 2025

Kaamya Karthikeyan, a 17-year-old student from Navy Children School (NCS) in Mumbai, Maharashtra, has made history as the youngest female to scale the highest peaks on all seven continents.

🎯 Key Highlights:

  • - She achieved this incredible feat by successfully climbing Mount Vinson Massif (4,892 meters) in Antarctica on December 24, 2024, accompanied by her father, Commander S. Karthikeyan.
  • - In 2021, Kaamya was honored with the Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Shakti Puraskar, India’s highest national award for young achievers.
  • - In 2017, she climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro (5,685 m), the highest peak in Africa.

💡 Other Important Facts:

  • (i) In 2018, she scaled two peaks: Mt. Kosciuszko (2,228 m) in Australia and Mt. Elbrus (5,642 m) in Europe.
  • (ii) In 2020, she conquered Mt. Aconcagua (6,962 m), the tallest peak in South America, and in 2022, she summited Mt. Denali (6,190 m) in North America.
  • (iii) In May 2024, at the age of 16, she scaled Mt. Everest (8,849 m) in Asia, becoming India's youngest climber and the world’s second-youngest girl to summit the world's highest peak and Asia's tallest peak from the Nepal side.

📚 Test Your Knowledge:

Recently, who became the youngest female to conquer the highest peaks across all seven continents?

Correct Answer: Kaamya Karthikeyan

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