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Coach Bharath added that Virat took the training very seriously and completed all the tasks with utmost dedication. 7-year-old Hyderabad boy scales Mt. Kilimanjaro  |  Photo Credit: ANI
A 7-year-old boy from Hyderabad has become one of the youngest in the world to scale Mount Kilimanjaro, the highest mountain in Africa at 19,341 feet.
Virat Chandra achieved the rare feat on March 6 and said he was scared but wanted to reach his goal. The 7-year-old said he was inspired to make the climb after listening to inspiring stories from his cousins. I talked to my cousins about their experience of climbing mountains. At that moment I also wanted to climb like them. I had a discussion with my parents about my interest, they approached Bharath sir, my coach, who trained me, says Virat.
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.
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