Two children from Gwalior,Madhya Pradesh,India have set a unique record for being the youngest climbers to reach Mount Everest base camp
Accompanied by their parents, Gwalior-based siblings Kandarp Sharma, 5, and Ritvika, 8, reached the base camp at an altitude of 5,380 metres on Monday morning Aug 10,2015
Kandarp (Grade 1) and Ritvika (Grade 4) are students of Gwalior's Little Angels High School.
According to Bhupendra,the father of the kids, who is a lawyer by profession, they are also the first family to trek to the base camp and climb the Kalapathar peak (5,550 metres), which is higher than the highest peaks of three continents - Mont Blanc (4,810 m) in Europe, Vinson Massif (4,810 m) in Antarctica, and Puncak Jaya (4,884 m) in Australasia.
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In October 2014, Harshit, a five-year-old student of GD Goenka School, New Delhi, had broken the record held by seven-year-old Aaryan Balaji, also an Indian, who reached Everest base camp in 2012.
Accompanied by their parents, Gwalior-based siblings Kandarp Sharma, 5, and Ritvika, 8, reached the base camp at an altitude of 5,380 metres on Monday morning Aug 10,2015
Kandarp (Grade 1) and Ritvika (Grade 4) are students of Gwalior's Little Angels High School.
According to Bhupendra,the father of the kids, who is a lawyer by profession, they are also the first family to trek to the base camp and climb the Kalapathar peak (5,550 metres), which is higher than the highest peaks of three continents - Mont Blanc (4,810 m) in Europe, Vinson Massif (4,810 m) in Antarctica, and Puncak Jaya (4,884 m) in Australasia.
Note
In October 2014, Harshit, a five-year-old student of GD Goenka School, New Delhi, had broken the record held by seven-year-old Aaryan Balaji, also an Indian, who reached Everest base camp in 2012.
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