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Vishwanath Karthikey Padakanti, a youngster from Hyderabad, has become the youngest Indian and the world's second youngest individual to accomplish the famed 7 Summits challenge.

About the Seven Summits Challenge

• The Seven Summits Challenge is a well-known mountaineering achievement that entails ascending the highest peak on each of the seven continents.
• This challenge is regarded as one of the most significant achievements in global climbing, and adventurous climbers from all over the world compete for it.
• The challenge was originally suggested and achieved by American mountaineer Richard Bass in 1985.
• Goal: To climb the highest mountain on each continent:
• Kilimanjaro: Africa (5,892 m)
• Elbrus: Europe (5,642 m)
• Aconcagua: South America (6,962 m)
• Denali: North America (6,194 m)
• Kosciuszko: Australia (2,228 m) or Puncak Jaya/Carstensz Pyramid: Oceania (4,884 m)
• Mount Vinson: Antarctica (4,892 m)
• Mount Everest: Asia (8,848 m)

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Records:

• At the age of 17, Kaamya Karthikeyan set a record as the youngest Indian to climb all seven summits.
• Jordan Romero, a 15-year-old American mountaineer, is the youngest person in the world to have climbed all seven peaks.

Source: The Hindu