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At the age of 16, Kaamya Karthikeyan from Mumbai became the youngest Indian and the second youngest in the world to scale Mount Everest from Nepal side. The teen along with her father Commander S Karthikeyan of the Indian Navy, successfully summitted the world’s highest peak.

The Indian Navy congratulated the father-daughter duo on their official social media handle ‘X’.

"Kaamya Karthikeyan, a 16-year-old, class XII student of Navy Children School, Mumbai, and her father, Cdr S Karthikeyan of the Indian Navy successfully summited Mt. Everest (8849 M) on 20th May," the Western Naval Command, Indian Navy, wrote on X.

“#IndianNavy congratulates Ms. Kaamya Karthikeyan, daughter of Cdr S Karthikeyan, on becoming the youngest #Indian & the second youngest girl in the world to summit Mt Everest from the Nepal side. Kaamya has exhibited immense courage & fortitude in summiting the highest peaks in six of the seven continents. #IndianNavy wishes young Kaamya the very best in her aspiration to summit the highest peaks of all seven continents, becoming the youngest girl to do so,” the Indian Navy wrote on X.

Both the father and daughter began their expedition on April 3 and completed it on May 20. Kaamya first made a breakthrough in Himalayan expedition with a trek to Chandrashila Peak at the age of seven in 2015.

Eventually, Kaamya’s Himalayan endevours became more challenging with treks to Har-ki Dun, Kedarkantha Peak, and Roopkund Lake in 2016.  In 2017, she trekked to Everest Base Camp at the age of 13, becoming the second youngest girl to achieve this milestone.  

Kaamya is a Class 12 student of Navy Children School in Mumbai.