Updated Mar 02, 2021 | 13:30 IST
Kadapala Rithvika Sri, aged 9, has become Asia s youngest girl to climb Mount Kilimanjaro, the highest peak in Africa. Kadapala Rithvika Sri | Photo Credit: Twitter
A nine-year-old girl from Andhra Pradesh has become the youngest girl in Asia to have conquered Mount Kilimanjaro, the highest peak in Africa. Kadapala Rithvika Sri from Anantapur became M Agraharam village in Tadimarri mandal, achieved the feat on Friday.
Rithvika conquered Mount Kilimanjaro along with her father Kadapala Sankar who is also her guide. Sankar, a cricket coach for special Olympics, had scaled the mountain in Tanzania on January 24 last year.
9-Year-Old Andhra Girl Becomes Asia s Youngest to Conquer Mount Kilimanjaro
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9-Year-Old Girl From Andhra Pradesh Conquers Mt Kilimanjaro
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Nine-year-old Andhra Pradesh girl conquers Mount Kilimanjaro
Hailing from M Agraharam village in Tadimarri mandal, Rithvika Sri is a class 2 student of St Vincent De Paul English Medium School of Anantapur.
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ANANTAPUR: Nine-year-old Kadapala Rithvika Sri from Anantapur has conquered Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, which is African continent’s highest peak, along with her father and guide. She climbed to Gilman’s Point at 5,681 metres above mean sea level on February 25.
Hailing from M Agraharam village in Tadimarri mandal, Rithvika Sri is a class 2 student of St Vincent De Paul English Medium School of Anantapur. Her father Shankar is a cricket coach and sports coordinator in the Special Olympics Bharat wing of RDT, Anantapur.