Jaahnavi Sriperambuduru

Jaahnavi Sriperambuduru is an Indian mountaineer, feminist and the youngest girl to scale Mt. Elbrus, Europe's tallest peak.[1] She created this record on July 31, 2015 at the age of 13. Earlier, on October 2, 2014, Jaahnavi had become the youngest girl from India to reach the top of Mt. Kilimanjaro of Africa. She also became the youngest Indian to climb the highest peak of Australia Mt. Kosciuszko and also created a new record by completing the Aussie 10 Challenge in 4 days, by climbing all the 10 highest peaks of Snowy mountains.

These are part of Jaahnavi’s #Mission7Summit, through which she wants climb the tallest peaks of every continent so as to raise funds to educate the underprivileged girls in India.[2] She is also the youngest person to have reached the summit of Stok Kangri on August 14, 2014 at 12 years of age. She has completed 4 High Altitude Treks, 5 National Treks and around 25 Local Treks. She had also launched Dabur, an Indian cosmetic company's new product with a concept of #AmPrettyTough Campaign for the brand Dabur Gulabari which fights for gender equality.

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References

  1. ↑ Neha Jha. "Indian Girl scales Elbrus". Retrieved 2016-02-10.
  2. ↑ YAHOO. "Young girl scales Mountains". Retrieved 2016-02-10.
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