Malavath Purna

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Young climbers Malavath Purna (2nd from left) and Anand Kumar (right) with their trainer Shekhar Babu (left) and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (2014)

Malavath Purna (also Malavath Poorna ; born June 10, 2000 ) is an Indian mountaineer . On May 25, 2014, Purna climbed the highest point of Mount Everest via the Tibetan northern route and became the youngest girl in the world on the top of the mountain at the age of 13 years and 11 months. After Jordan Romero , who climbed the summit at the age of 13 years and 10 months, she is the second youngest person to have climbed the summit so far. On August 15, 2016, she climbed Kilimanjaro to promote the film adaptation of her biography Poorna . On July 27, 2017, she climbed Mt. Elbrus , the highest peak in Russia and Europe . With that she climbed three of the Seven Summits .

Individual evidence

  1. Mountaineering: When Malavath Poorna climbed Mount Everest - pictures & photos - WELT. Retrieved June 1, 2019 .
  2. WORLD: Record: 13-year-old climbs Mount Everest . May 22, 2010 ( welt.de [accessed June 1, 2019]).
  3. First look of Poorna unveiled on Mount Kilimanjaro. In: The Indian Express. August 17, 2016, accessed June 1, 2019 (en-IN).
  4. Poorna Malavath on top of Mt. Elbrus | News. July 28, 2017, accessed June 1, 2019 .