- By Ritesh Kumar
- Thu, 27 Jul 2023 12:27 PM (IST)
- Source:JND
Gunjan Pankaj Prabhu Narvekar, a 12-year-old mountaineer from Goa, has achieved a remarkable feat by climbing three peaks above 6000 meters in the Markha Valley, Ladakh region, setting a new global record in just 62.5 hours. Gunjan is now setting her sights on the next ambitious goal of scaling Mt. Everest.
Gunjan Pankaj Prabhu Narvekar, a 12-year-old Goa girl and a class 8 student of Jnyan Vikas School in Goa, has achieved an incredible feat by successfully climbing and summiting three peaks including Mt Kang Yatse-II (6250 m), Mt Reponi Mallari-I (6097 m), and Mt Reponi Mallari-II (6113 m) mountain ranges located in the Markha Valley in the Ladakh Region. Setting a new global record, she accomplished the incredible feat of climbing the three 6000 m+ peaks in just 49 hours (1st to 3rd Summit) and 62.5 hours (basecamp to basecamp).
“The weather was quite bad when we went. Because it was not anticipated that it would snow this month, when we went, we expected a clear sky and not so much snowfall. Because of the snow, it was more difficult, as while walking, our feet would go to knee length in the snow and in some places to hip length, and removing it would get us more tired. But we did not face any injuries,” she said as quoted by the news agency ANI.
Sharing her future plan, Gunjan expressed her ambitious goal to conquer the other highest peaks in the world, “In the future, I plan to do a 7000 m+ peak, but in India, it is not allowed for a person who is not 16 years old to do a 7000 m+ peak, so I will be doing the peak outside of India. I just wish to Summit Mt Everest and Annapurna and make my parents and the nation proud.”
While expressing her joy, Gunjan's mother told ANI, “I am very happy to see her, as a trekker, achieving all these feats. I think all parents should support their children to achieve in whatever field they want to do or flourish in.”
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"My dream is to climb the highest peak of the 7 continents, out of which only 3 are left. Apart from this, I want to do something for the children of Chhattisgarh and for our women. They are ahead in every field today but are not getting the recognition they deserve. I need to work on this," she added.
In May, Yashi Jain from Raigarh achieved a remarkable feat by becoming the youngest girl from Chhattisgarh to scale both Mount Everest, the world's highest mountain, and Mount Lhotse, the fourth-highest peak, within a 26-hour timeframe.