At Just 18, Telangana’s Malavath Poorna Has Conquered Six Mountain Peaks

Dec 31, 2019, 17:00 IST

HYDERABAD: Malavath Poorna from Telangana added yet another feather to her cap this time by scaling the highest mountain peak in Antarctica, Mt Vinson Massif. The 18-year-old girl is now just one step away from scaling the Denali, which is the highest peak in North America.

Poorna has so far scaled Mount Aconcagua (South America) and Mount Cartsnez (Oceania region) in 2019. In 2014, she scaled Mount Everest (Asia) and she also scaled Kilimanjaro (Africa) in 2016 and Mount Elbrus (Europe) in 2017.

With this feat, she created history becoming the first tribal woman in the world to conquer six tallest mountain peaks in six continents.

The mountaineer has thanked Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao for encouraging her and the underprivileged in the state.

Dr RS Praveen Kumar, Secretary to the Telangana Social Welfare Residential Institutions said the Poorna has created history becoming a world-class mountaineer and stood as the pride for the state. She acts as a role model for the underprivileged students through her accomplishments, he added.

Poorna, the daughter of an agricultural labourer, belongs to a remote tribal hamlet Pakala of Nizamabad district in the state.

Congrats, Poorna Malavath for scaling the peak of Mt Vinson of Antarctica on 26th December 2019. By conquering six highest peaks in the six continents in succession, you have once again proved that the gap between rich and poor is just an opportunity. pic.twitter.com/Gr4yHWbHPU

— Dr. RS Praveen Kumar Swaero (@RSPraveenSwaero) December 30, 2019

She is presently pursuing an undergraduate course at Minnesota State University, USA, as a fellow student of the Global Undergraduate Exchange Program.

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