A 13-year-old poor Indian schoolgirl has become the youngest female to summit Mount Everest, following a difficult and dangerous climb from China’s Tibetan side, her expedition organizer said Monday.
Malavath Poorna, the daughter of a tribal farm laborer, reached the top of the world’s highest peak on Sunday after climbing from the Tibetan side of the mountain, said Mohammed Ansari, technical coordinator for her team.
Poorna and 16-year-old friend S. Anand Kumar, a member of India’s lowest Dalit caste previously known as “untouchables,” climbed the mountain with ten Nepalese guides, before hoisting the Indian flag, he said.
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