Joneja, 15, is youngest Indian to climb Everest

New Delhi (IANS): At 15 years and seven months, Raghav Joneja has become the youngest Indian to scale Mount Everest, climbing the peak with five teenage mates from Lawrence School, Sanawar.A Lawrence became the first school in the world to send a team to the highest peak.

The boys achieved the remarkable feat on May 21 when they summited Everest after a month-long gruelling expedition, backed by Hero Cycles.

The expedition comprised of seven boys with their sherpas, three fathers as a support team and another four old Sanawarians, who joined the group from here to the base camp for 21 days to give them moral support.