Muriki Pulakita Hasvi on her seven-summit challenge goal
The Hindu
After her maiden climb to Mount Kilimanjaro, teenager Muriki Pulakita Hasvi from Hyderabad is working to complete the seven-summit challenge
After her maiden climb to Mount Kilimanjaro in Africa this year (September 28 to October 9), 13-year-old Muriki Pulakita Hasvi from Hyderabad treated herself to a bar of Snickers at the peak and brought the wrapper back with her as a memento.
Back in the city after the five-day climb, the thrilled teenager is already working on her next mission — to climb Mount Kosciuszko in Australia next year. Hasvi says she felt having a bar of chocolate at the summit was the best treat after a three-month-long diet restriction before the climb. “I love chocolates, so not being able to indulge for three months was a big deal for me,” she says.
Hasvi, a student of Class IX at Excellencia Infinitum is also a national skater and badminton player. It was watching Everest (2015) in February this year that motivated her to climb six summits. The challenges of the climb in the movie made her want to give it a shot. She expressed her desire to her parents and began looking for professionals who could help her train online for the 5,895-metres climb. Hasvi says, “I didn’t have to search hard. My dad was already training with Boots and Crampons for fitness. It is an adventure and mountaineering company with specialisation in mountaineering expeditions to daunting peaks around the world.”