Buenos Aires: Thirty-seven-year old Malli Mastan Babu is the only Indian to have scaled the tallest peaks of the Andes in South America. He also holds a Guinness record for having climbed the seven summits of the world in just 172 days. Babu, who comes from a farming family in Nellore in Andhra Pradesh, has been credited with scaling the Aconcagua in the Argentine side three times. At 6,962 metres,...
11:03 AM, Mar 27, 2012
On this show we focus on the young Indians who have pushed their limits to achieve their goals. ...
12:11 AM, Oct 15, 2011
New Delhi: Most 10-year-olds like football and video games. But, for mountaineer Arjun Vajpai, it was the mountains calling when he was 10. A family trek at the Sahyadri hills set off his mountain lust and later pushed him to scale some of the world's highest peaks including Mt Everest, Mt Lhotse and Mt Manaslu. The young Delhi achiever has gone where no 18-year-old has dared to step in. "When...
09:02 AM, Oct 14, 2011
The 32 year old mother of two became the first woman in the world to scale the mighty everest twice in one season. ...
08:32 AM, Jun 25, 2011
Kathmandu: A 16-year-old British schoolboy became the youngest person ever to climb the highest mountains on all seven continents when he ascended Mount Everest, the tallest of them, on Thursday, his organisers said. George Atkinson from Surbiton climbed the 8,850 metre (29,035 feet) Everest summit on Thursday from the Tibetan side of the mountain that abuts Nepal and China, British hiking group Adventure Peaks said on its website. Atkinson was...
11:01 AM, May 28, 2011
Arjun Vajpai, student of Delhi's Ryan School, is the youngest Indian and second youngest in the world to scale the peak. ...
03:03 PM, May 22, 2010
Arjun Vajpai of Ryan International School planted the Indian tricolour on the snow-clad summit of the 8,848 metre. ...
02:42 PM, May 22, 2010
Oh, 44, reached the summit of Annapurna on April 27, the last of her 14 ascents. ...
09:10 PM, May 03, 2010
Italy's Reinhold Messner was the first man to achieve the feat. ...
06:23 PM, Apr 27, 2010
Johnny Strange is the youngest person to climb tallest peaks on all continents. ...
09:47 PM, Jun 29, 2009
19-year-old Krushnaa from Pune literally feels on top of the world. ...
04:54 PM, May 22, 2009
The 48-yr-old plans to carry down trash that's accumulated on the mountain. ...
11:12 AM, Apr 06, 2009
Some of the 11 climbers had died when an ice wall collapsed during the climb. ...
02:29 PM, Aug 05, 2008
Team from state mountaineering institute conquers world’s highest peak. ...
07:45 PM, Jun 22, 2008
Mirpur: A superb bowling effort paved the way for Khulna Royal Bengals' second win of the inaugural Bangladesh Premier League, a seven-wicket defeat of Barisal Burners at the Shere Bangla National Stadium on Monday. Having lost six wickets inside 11 overs, Barisal struggled to forge partnerships and limped to 125, a total that was overhauled with minimal fuss to boost Khulna's spirits after a big defeat to Chittagong Kings on...
03:06 PM, Apr 23, 2008
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