Arjun Vajpai

Arjun Vajpai

Arjun on top of Mount Kalam.
Personal information
Born (1993-06-09) 9 June 1993
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Nationality India Indian

Arjun Vajpai is the third youngest Indian to climb Mount Everest. He achieved this feat at an age of 16 years, 11 months and 18 days.[1] He broke the record set by Krushnaa Patil of Maharashtra who climbed the summit at the age of 19. On 20 May 2011, he became the youngest climber ever to summit Lhotse, aged 17 years, 11 months and 16 days. Arjun also became the youngest to summit Mt.Manaslu on October 4, 2011 at 10 am.


Arjun Vajpai, Tshering Phinjo Sherpa and Nima Tshering Sherpa started from South Col (Camp IV 7950 m) at 10:24pm on 21 May and they reached the top of Mt. Everest at 06:33am (Kathmandu Time) on 22 May.

On October 14, 2015 Arjun Vajpai along with mountaineer Bhupesh Kumar created another history by scaling an unexplored peak 6,180 metres high in Himachal's Spiti valley. They have named it Mount Kalam in memory of late President of India APJ Abdul Kalam. [2]


Arjun is the son of Capt. Sanjeev Vajpai and Priya Bajpai of Noida. Arjun, a Class-XII student at Ryan International School, Noida, was fascinating with trekking and mountaineering from childhood. He has undergone two years of training from the Nehru Institute of Mountaineering.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Sarkar, Sudeshna (22 May 2010). "Indian, American teen on top of Mt Everest". Times of India. Retrieved 20 June 2010.
  2. ↑ Archana, KC (23 October 2015). "Indian boys climb an untouched mountain peak and name it after APJ Abdul Kalam". India Today. Retrieved 5 Jan 2016.
  3. ↑ "Young Indian mountaineer scales Mt Lhotse". The Times Of India.


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