Vizag Girl Scales Himalayan Peak Of Mt Stok Kangri

Visakhapatnam: A 10-year-old girl from Vizag scaled Mount Stok Kangri, one of the highest Himalayan peaks earlier this week. Kaamya Karthikeyan is the youngest mountaineer to achieve this feat. Mount Stok Kangri at 20,187 ft is usually trekked by advanced mountaineers.

Interestingly, the girl achieved the feat three days before she celebrated her birthday which falls on Monday. Her father S Karthikeyan said, “We reached the base camp at 5pm after 19 hours of toil. Kaamya walked to the dining tent and picked up a Sudoku book. Even when she reached the summit at 9.45am after 12 hours of walking through the night, her only reaction was, 'It has been a long day'."

Her father says that Kaamya was introduced to the Himalayas and trekking at Vaishnodevi in Jammu.