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AP girl, 13, youngest to scale Everest
Hyderabad: AP Girl, 13, Youngest to Scale Everest, two youngsters Malavath Purna, a tribal girl who is just 13 years 11 months old, and Sadhanapalli Anand, a Dalit Intermediate student, both from Andhra Pradesh, conquered Mount Everest,
- Malavath Purna, a class IX student from Nizamabad district, is a tribal girl and is just 13 years and 11 months old
- Sadhanapalli Anand, an Intermediate I year student, is a Dalit and hails from Khammam district.
- Parents of both work as farm labourers
Hyderabad: In a historic feat for the Indian Mountaineering, two youngsters Malavath Purna, a tribal girl who is just 13 years 11 months old, and Sadhanapalli Anand, a Dalit Intermediate student, both from Andhra Pradesh, conquered Mount Everest, the highest peak in the world, on Sunday morning, after a 52-day-long expedition. While Malavath clocked her way to the pinnacle of glory at 5.55 am, Anand was behind her reaching the zenith at 6.45 am. Both of them hoisted the national flag.
They were symbolically carrying the photographs of B R Ambedkar and former IAS officer S R Sankaran to the top of the peak. Dr R S Praveen Kumar, the Secretary of AP Social Welfare Residential Schools, who has been monitoring the scaling of both the students from day one, spoke to them soon after they returned to the Base Camp 3, which is at 8500 mts high, on Sunday morning. He told the media that Purna is a student of class IX in a remote village in Tadwai mandal of Nizambabad district while Anand is studying Intermediate first year (BiPC) at Annapureddypalle in Chandrugonda mandal in Khammam district. Purna’s parents Malavat Devadas and Lakshmi are farm labourers in Pakala village in Nizamabad district.
Anand’s father Kondala Rao is a cycle mechanic in Kaliveru in Khammam district; who also works as an agricultural coolie to support the family. Mother Lakshmi also works in the fields. The officials here feel elated on Purna’s achievement. “A young girl, who is yet to comprehend the complexities of the world, has scaled dizzy heights. Naturally, it gives us immense happiness. She would become successful in her future endeavour and the government would support her in her pursuits” Praveen Kumar who happens to be the main source of inspiration for Purna, told The Hans India. He said the idea behind encouraging them was to prove that even the most backward could make it to the top if given an opportunity.
The duo was selected from among 150 children who were initially chosen for adventure sports as part of the society's initiative to promote excellence in the students of the society. Twenty of them were sent to a prestigious mountaineering Institute in Darjeeling for training and nine among them were sent on expedition to Indo-China border earlier. In November last, they were part of the team of a dozen teenagers from similar social background who climbed Mount Renock. These two youngsters had set their eyes on Mount Everest ever since that time.
