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.