New Delhi, June 01: Arjun Bajpayee, who scaled the world’s highest peak, the 8,848 metre Mt Everest at the young age of 16, today returned home to an overwhelming reception, a week after achieving the feat.
Bajpayee, a resident of Noida, had briefly become the youngest person to climb the Mount Everest last week but his feat overturned hours later by a 13-year-old American.
After reaching home, he went to his school and shared his experiences with his schoolmates.
He said the expedition was “fun” and it was his dream to become a world-class mountaineer that prompted him to scale the Mount Everest.
“I was inspired by Col J S Dhillon. He used to tell me stories of other mountaineers. This inspired me to climb the Everest,” he said.
Bajpayee, part of a 12-member expedition team, began his quest in April, when his team set up their base camp at the Khumbu Glacier. The team spent another 40 days acclimatising.
A Class 12 student of Ryan International School, Bajpayee completed a basic course in mountaineering from Nehru Institute of Mountaineering at Uttarkashi and after taking part in a number of expeditions to peaks over 6000 metres high set his sights on Mount Everest.
–PTI