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Arjun Vajpai, a schoolboy from Noida became climbing sensation when he conquered Mt Everest last year. Now on his second attempt he has final touched the eak of 4th highest Mt Lhoste.
He reached the height of 8,516 m summit at 8.15 a.m on Friday. Mt Lhotse, the fourth highest peak in the world after Mt Everest, K2 and Kangchenjunga, had never been climbed solo by any Indian.
Arjun, who becomes the youngest climber in the world to conquer the technically difficult Lhotse, had set a mountaineering record last year when he scaled Mt Everest, 332m higher than Lhotse, at the age of 16 and became the youngest Indian to accomplish the feat.
Going off to conquer Mt Lhotse after just having finished his Class XII board exams, Arjun is now set on a career of adventure.
In winter, he is seeking to go on an expedition to the South Pole.
Last year, getting sponsors for the expensive Everest expedition - that costs about $35,000 - proved tougher than summiting the peak.
But the recognition Mt Everest brought him made the Lhotse ascent easier with his school, Ryan International, and two corporate houses - the Aditya Birla Group and ShivVani - coming forward to make the expedition possible.
No Indian has emulated the feat, partly due to two of the peaks - Nanga Parbat and K2 - being located in Pakistan and Indians finding it difficult to obtain visas due to the traditional rivalry between the two nuclear-armed neighbours.
But still he aims to conquer K2.
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Arjun Vajpai, a schoolboy from Noida became climbing sensation when he conquered Mt Everest last year. Now on his second attempt he has final touched the eak of 4th highest Mt Lhoste. He reached the height of 8,516 m summit at 8.15 a.m on... |
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