Kaamya Karthikeyan
Kaamya Karthikeyan is an Indian mountaineer from Mumbai, Maharashtra, who became the youngest female to complete the Seven Summits challenge in 2024.[1][2][3] At sixteen years of age, she also became the youngest Indian mountaineer to summit Mount Everest from the Nepal side.[4] In 2021, she was awarded the Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar a civilian award for Indian citizens under the age of 18.[5]
Early life
[edit]Kaamya is from Mumbai in India. Her father S. Karthikeyan is a Commander in the Indian Navy and her mother Lavanya Karthikeyan is a homemaker.[6][7] She studies at the city's Navy Children School.
Mountaineering
[edit]Kaamya summited Mount Denali in 2022, becoming youngest in the world to do so at the time.[8] In 2018, she climbed Mount Elbrus, becoming the youngest to complete a ski-descent from the peak.[9] She scaled Mount Kilimanjaro in 2017, Mount Kosciuszko in 2018, Aconcagua in 2020, and Mount Everest and Vinson Massif in 2024.[10][11] She was accompanied by her father on her summits.[11]
References
[edit]- ^ "Mumbai's 16-yr-old Kaamya Karthikeyan becomes youngest girl to scale seven highest peaks in the world". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 2024-12-28.
- ^ "Mumbai girl becomes youngest in world to climb South America's highest peak". The Indian Express. 2020-02-10. Retrieved 2024-12-29.
- ^ "Mumbai girl Kaamya Karthikeyan becomes youngest Indian to summit Mt Everest". The Indian Express. 2024-05-23. Retrieved 2024-12-29.
- ^ Shaikh, Ateeq (2024-05-23). "At 16, Kaamya Karthikeyan scales Mt. Everest to become youngest Indian to achieve the feat". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2024-12-28.
- ^ Services, Hungama Digital. "16-year-old mountaineering star Kaamya Karthikeyan triumphs Mt Everest". www.tatasteel.com. Retrieved 2024-12-28.
- ^ "Kaamya Karthikeyan, 16, becomes youngest Indian, 2nd youngest girl in the world to scale Mt. Everest". Hindustan Times. 2024-05-23. Archived from the original on 2024-05-25. Retrieved 2024-12-28.
- ^ ""I am feeling extremely proud": Proud mother of Kaamya Karthikeyan, youngest Indian to climb Mt Everest". ANI News. Retrieved 2024-12-28.
- ^ ABP News Bureau, ABP News (2022-07-04). "Kaamya Karthikeyan Becomes Youngest Indian To Scale Summit Of North America's Mt Denali". news.abplive.com. Retrieved 2024-12-28.
- ^ Ganguly, Nivedita (2018-06-06). "Kaamya, the explorer". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2024-12-28.
- ^ https://www.indianembassysantiago.gov.in/uploads/2024/Mountaineering%20&%20Skiing%20Experience%20-%20Kaamya%20Karthikeyan.pdf
- ^ a b Bharat, E. T. V. (2024-12-28). "Navy Officer's Daughter Scales Highest Peaks In All Seven Continents Of The World". ETV Bharat News. Retrieved 2024-12-28.
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