Youngest Indian Everester felicitated
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KATHMANDU, MAY 30 - Arjun Bajpayee, the youngest Indian to scale Mt. Everest, was felicitated by the Indian Embassy and the Kendriya Vidyalaya for his record breaking feat here on Saturday.
Sixteen-year-old Bajpayee, a 12th grader, scaled the world’s highest peak on May 22, the same day when Nepali mountaineer Apa Sherpa made his 20th Everest summit and 13-year-old Jordan Romero set the record as the youngest Everester.
Bajpayee, a pass-out of Nehru Mountaineering School in Noida, said he had harboured the dream of scaling Everest since he was a student in his junior school, and that particular thought culiminated into the Everest ascent.
“ Whenever the journey got difficult, I told myself that this was what I always dreamt of, and moved on,” he said.
When he reached the summit at 6 a.m, Bajpayee was delighted to see the sun below him lighting the entire Himalayan range. “That particular moment was one of the best moments in my life,” he said while giving inspirational speech to the students.
Bajpayee equaled the record of Nepali climber Temba Tsheri record.
Indian Ambassador to Nepal Rakesh Sood gave a memento to the 16-year-old in recognition of his record breaking feat.
Posted on: 2010-05-30 09:15
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