Arjun Vajpai
Indian mountaineer
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| name | Arjun Vajpai |
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| caption | Arjun on top of Mount Kalam. |
| nationality | IND Indian |
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| birth_place | Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
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| name = Arjun Vajpai | image = Arjun vajpai.jpg | caption = Arjun on top of Mount Kalam. | nationality = IND Indian | birth_date = | birth_place = Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Arjun Vajpai (born 9 June 1993) is an Indian mountaineer who became the world's youngest mountaineer to summit six peaks over 8,000 meters in the year 2018.
Arjun climbed Mount Everest in 2010 at the age of 16 years, 11 months, and 18 days, becoming the youngest Indian to climb Everest at that time. He broke a record set by Krushnaa Patil of Maharashtra, who climbed Mount Everest at the age of 19. On 20 May 2011, he became the youngest person ever to summit Lhotse, aged 17 years, 11 months, and 16 days.
Personal life
Arjun Vajpai is the son of Col. Sanjeev Vajpai and Priya Vajpai from Noida. He studied at International School, Noida. He underwent training at the Nehru Institute of Mountaineering, Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand.
Climbing career
Vajpai also climbed Manaslu on 4 October 2011. After 3 failed attempts on Mount Makalu, he climbed it on 22 May 2016, during his fourth attempt.
On 14 October 2015 Arjun Vajpai along with mountaineer Bhupesh Kumar scaled an unnamed peak 6180 m high in Spiti valley, Himachal Pradesh and named it Mount Kalam in memory of late President of India A. P. J. Abdul Kalam.
Arjun Vajpai scaled Cho Oyu accompanied by Pasang Norbu Sherpa and Lakpa Sherpa.
During one of his attempts at Mount Cho Oyu, Tibet (the easiest 8,000 metres peak), in 2012, he was paralysed for two days, at an altitude of 22000 ft. The Swiss adventurer Olivier Racine came to his rescue giving him appropriate medicine.
Vajpai was rescued from Mount Annapurna in April 2023 while returning from the summit.
Summits
- 2010: Mount Everest (8,849 m)
- 2011: Manaslu (8,163 m)
- 2011: Lhotse (8,516 m)
- 2016: Cho Oyu (8,188 m)
- 2016: Makalu (8,485 m)
- 2018: Kangchenjunga (8,586 m)
- 2023: Annapurna (Rescued) (8,091 m)
- 2024: Shishapangma (8,027 m)
References
References
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- Sarkar, Sudeshna. (22 May 2010). "Indian, American teen on top of Mt Everest". Times of India.
- "Young Indian mountaineer scales Mt Lhotse". [[The Times of India]].
- Mukherjee, Susmita. (25 May 2016). "Arjun Vajpai Becomes The Youngest Indian To Scale Mt Makalu, One Of The World's Toughest Peaks, At 27,766 Ft". Times Of India.
- Archana, KC. (23 October 2015). "Indian boys climb an untouched mountain peak and name it after APJ Abdul Kalam". India Today.
- Jadhav, Anuja. "Arjun Vajpai becomes the youngest Indian mountaineer to scale Mt Cho Oyu". indian express.
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- Benavides, Angela. (2021-03-24). "Former 16-Year-Old Everest Summiter Returns For No-O2 Ascent » Explorersweb".
- "Arjun Vajpai, The Child Prodigy Who Conquered Mount Everest Is All Set To Make A New World Record". Scoop Whoop.
- (2023-04-23). "Escape from Annapurna-three Indians made it, Irishman didn't". The Times of India.
- (2023-04-21). "Mt Annapurna expedition {{!}} Rescued climber back: Were exhausted, no proper arrangements".
- (8 November 2021). "Age no bar!". The Hindu.
- "Meet Arjun Vajpai: The 3rd Youngest Indian To Climb Everest Who Is Now Eyeing Mt. Kangchenjunga". MensXP.
- "The Kanchenjunga story: Arjun Vajpai climbs the third highest peak in the world". Business Standard.
- Online, T. H. T.. (2023-04-17). "Shehroze becomes youngest to complete 11 peaks as first Pakistani woman scales Annapurna". The Himalayan Times.
- (2024-10-13). "Mountaineer scales his 8th 8,000m peak after close call at Annapurna". The Times of India.
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