13 year old Malavath Poorna became the youngest female to climb Mount Everest on Sunday, May 25th, 2014.
To make Malavath’s feat even more impressive, the Indian girl is unlike the usual climbers who come from privileged families.
Malavath comes from a poor farming family, 200km north of the city of Hyderbad, which is hard to get to due to the lack of permanent roads.
Where most of the girls from her town of Pakala, never see the inside of a classroom, Malavath was fortunate to be enrolled in a nearby boarding school through a welfare organisation who aims to help India’s underprivileged reach their full potential.
About 9 months ago, the organisation gave Malavath the opportunity to achieve this dream.
After a lot of training and proving her ability, the day came when the climb began. It took 52 days, but on May 25th, Malavath reached the summit and proudly held her country’s flag on top of the world.
Malavath hopes that her achievement will inspire all underprivileged people to achieve their dreams.
Article written by D Mulhern
20 Responses
man that is impreseve
omg she did it a 13 years of age
Woah. I would love to be in her place!
Well, only for the climb…
Wow she climb everest
Wow 13 years old that’s young
That’s weird
She is awesome I would not be able to climb Mt. Everest although I would like to
Wow that young, she must of been fit !
lol crazy!
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Good from earth mama nature
She must be his daughter!!!!!!!!
Shrek would be pleased.
wow how amazing
13 years!! that’s impreseve 😮
that is amzing!!
That’s so cool
Wow I wold not do that
does it realy take that many days!? wow
Lol thats amazing I would like to climb Everest when I’m older.
She amazing I wander what she’s going to do when she’s older
52 DAYS!
you go girl.
She is Amazing