18-year old Purna has become the first and youngest woman in the world to set foot on the six tallest mountain peaks across six continents. She now has conquered Mt. Vinson Massif, Antarctica‘s highest mountain peak (4,987m).
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Poorna accomplished Mt. Vinson mission with the help of the Telangana government, Transcend Adventures and crowd-funding.
She is now close to achieving her goal of scaling the seven tallest summits located in seven continents.
For which she is now gearing up to scale Mt. Denali (North America’s highest mountain peak) which is a dream of every mountaineer in the world.
Telangana Social Welfare Residential Educational Institutions Society (TSWREIS) said, “It was a sense of accomplishment beyond words for Poorna as she conquered Mt. Vinson Massif.
Poorna has so far scaled Mt. Everest (Asia) in 2014, Mt. Kilimanjaro (Africa) in 2016, Mt. Elbrus (Europe) in 2017, Mt. Aconcagua (South America) in 2019 and Mt. Cartsnez (Oceania Region) in 2019.
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Vinson Massif is 21 km long and 13 km wide mountain that lies within the Sentinel Range of the Ellsworth Mountains. It overlooks the Ronne Ice Shelf near the base of the Antarctic Peninsula. The massif is located about 1,200 kilometres (750 mi) from the South Pole. Vinson Massif was discovered in January 1958 by U.S. Navy aircraft. In 1961, it was named after Carl G. Vinson, United States congressman from the state of Georgia, for his support for Antarctic exploration. Mount Vinson is the highest peak in Antarctica, at 4,892 metres (16,050 ft). More Info
Malavath Purna is an Indian mountaineer who in 2014, Poorna scaled the highest peak of Mount Everest at the age of 13 years and 11 months, to become the youngest Indian and the youngest girl in the world to have reached the summit. Poorna was born at Pakala village, Nizamabad district of Telangana. She joined the Telangana Social Welfare Residential Educational Institutions Society for her education where her talent was spotted by the secretary of the Society Dr RS Praveen Kumar. A movie based on her life story was released in 2017 named Poorna: Courage Has No Limit directed by Rahul Bose. More Info
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