16-yr-old Mumbai girl youngest Indian to scale Mount Everest

The Indian Navy on Thursday congratulated Kaamya Karthikeyan, a 16-year-old Class XII student of Navy Children School in Mumbai, on becoming the youngest Indian and the second youngest girl in the world to summit Mount Everest from the Nepal side.

In a unique father-daughter feat, Kaamya, along with her father Cdr S. Karthikeyan of the Indian Navy,



successfully submitted the 8849 m Mount Everest summit on May 20.

“Kaamya has exhibited immense courage and fortitude in summiting the highest peaks in six of the seven continents. Indian Navy wishes young Kaamya the very best in her aspiration to summit the highest peaks of all seven continents, becoming the youngest girl to do so,” the Indian Navy posted on X.