six year-old scales Europe's highest peak
Amritsar, June 30 -- Six-year-old Teghbir Singh has scaled Mount Elbrus which is the highest peak (18,510 feet or 5,642 metres) of the European continent, located in Russia, his family has said. Hailing from Ropar, Teghbir has received a certificate issued by Mountaineering, Rock Climbing and Sports Tourism Federation of Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (Russia).
"With this feat, he has become the youngest to scale Mt Elbrus, surpassing the last year's world record by Wagah Kushagra (Maharashtra) at the age of 7 years and 3 months," according to his family. The boy, a class 2 student, said, "I was walking for the first time on snow."...
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