New Delhi (NVI): A 12-year-old girl Indian girl Kaamya Karthikeyan has become the youngest girl in the world to conquer Mount Aconcagua, the highest peak in South America.
The youngster conquered the mountain peak of 6962 m height and unfurled the Indian tricolour there on February 1.
Kaamya is a class VII student of Navy Children School (NCS), Mumbai.
Her years of physical, mental preparation and regular participation of adventure sports, combined with strong character, helped her in overcoming many administrative hurdles and extreme climbing conditions to achieve this rare feat.
She was nine years old when she conquered Mount Everest base camp.
She was also the second youngest girl in the world to do so. She is a nature lover who conquered challenging peaks like the 20,000 ft high peak Stok Kangri in Leh Ladakh among others.
