A 13-year-old poor Indian schoolgirl has become the
youngest female to summit Mount Everest, following a difficult and dangerous
climb from China's
Tibetan side, her expedition organizer said Monday. Malavath Poorna, the
daughter of a tribal farm labourer, reached the top of the world's highest peak
on Sunday after climbing from the Tibetan side of the mountain, said Mohammed
Ansari, technical coordinator for her team.Prior to Poorna's climb, Nepal's
Nima Chemji Sherpa claimed to be the youngest woman to summit the mountain at
the age of 16 in 2012.The climb comes just over a month after an avalanche
killed 16 Nepalese guides in the deadliest ever accident on Everest, prompting
an effective shutdown of the peak from the Nepalese side.More than 300 people, mostly
local guides, have died on the peak since the first ascent by Edmund Hillary
and Tenzing Norgay in 1953.
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