Hyderabad Teen Scales Africa's Highest Mountain, Plans To Conquer All 7 Summits

After three months of preparation, Muriki Pulakita Hasvi, a 13-year-old from Hyderabad, scaled the tallest mountain of Africa, Mount Kilimanjaro, which is located in Tanzania and is about 5,895 meters high.

Muriki Pulakita Hasvi found scaling the world's largest free-standing mountain, which means that it is not part of a mountain range, "an adventurous experience where you can experience all the weather condition." It was an expedition to the Everest base came in April this year that sparked the passion for mountainer

In an interview with the ANI, Hasvi said that it was after the base camp, that the realisation hit her that she wanted to complete all seven summits. "What I learnt in all this is that for mountaineering, you have to be mentally strong, so I used to do all the activities like Yoga and Meditation to keep myself mentally," she said.

For Hasvi, scaling Mount Kilimanjaro is just the beginning. She wants to climb all seven summits before 2024 and she has already made a plan for achieving the goal.

Hasvi's message to young people is simple. She did encourage them to choose mountaineering but instead asked them to conquer the "mountain in their lives."

Climbing Mount Kilimanjaro

The first people to reach the Kilimanjaro summit were German photographer Hans Meyer and Austrian mountaineer Ludwig Purtscheller. Since then it has become an attractive hiking spot for both tourists and locals.

In March this year, a nine-year-old Kadapala Rithvika Sri from M Agraharam village of Andhra Pradesh became the youngest Indian to scale the mountain. IAS officer Gandham Chandrudu had helped the girl financially by releasing Rs 2, 98, 835 from the SC Corporation for the February 1 expedition.

(Feature Image Credit: ANI)

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