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Mumbai Navy School's Class 12 girl conquers seven highest peaks in the world

Kaamya Karthikeyan, a Class 12 student at Navy Children School in Mumbai, has made history by becoming the youngest female in the world to scale seven highest peaks across seven continents. Kaamya Karthikeyan poses for a picture with the national flag at Vinson Massif as she scripted history by becoming the youngest female in the world to scale the seven …

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Kaamya Karthikeyan becomes world’s youngest girl to conquer highest peaks on all seven continents - who is she?

Live Mint

Kaamya Karthikeyan, 17, has become the youngest girl globally to conquer the highest peaks on all seven continents after successfully climbing Antarctica's Vinson Massif. She was also declared the youngest girl to have summited the highest peak on six continents barring Antarctica. Her outstanding accomplishments have not only earned her the Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Shakti Puraskar, India’s highest national …

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1 month ago

Hyderabad teen summits highest peak in Antarctica

The Hindu

At 16, when many of his age group wouldn’t have seen even a snow-clad mountain, Padakanti Vishwanath Karthikey charted out his own route to history to become the youngest Indian to summit Mt Vinson Massif, the highest peak in Antarctica. The 11th Standard student of Resonance Junior College in Hyderabad, achieved this magnificent feat last Tuesday as part of the …

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1 month ago

Quest of courage

Deccan Chronicle

A biting cold morning on December 3, 2023, saw 16-year-old Vishwanath Karthikey stand at the summit of Mount Vinson, the highest peak in Antarctica. Everything that had led to this triumph — the unfeeling training, the endless hours spent enduring cold nights in tents, the nausea from altitude sickness — seemed to vanish into the thin, frosty air.This was no …

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4 months ago

Move over Mallorca: Azores, the volcanic archipelago in Portugal, is now topping every traveller’s bucket list

Hindustan Times

Your social media feeds this past summer were likely filled with images of Barcelona’s cobblestoned streets, Mallorca’s beaches and Venice’s bridges. Tourists take pictures at a scenic viewpoint overlooking Lagoa do Fogo, a crater lake within the Agua de Pau Massif stratovolcano in the centre of Sao Miguel Island in the Azores archipelago, Portugal. Move over Mallorca: Azores, the volcanic …

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5 months, 2 weeks ago

Tour de France 2024 stage-by-stage guide: Route maps and profiles for all 21 days

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5 months, 4 weeks ago

Emotional Vingegaard beats Pogacar in sprint to win Tour de France Stage 11 in Massif Central

The Hindu

Just three months ago, Jonas Vingegaard was lying in a hospital bed with broken ribs and a collapsed lung. Pogacar, the Tour leader, kept the yellow jersey but it was the two-time defending champion who earned a psychological victory at the end of an epic battle in the Massif Central. The pair left all their rivals in their wake and …

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5 months, 4 weeks ago

Tour de France: Jonas Vingegaard sheds tears after reeling in Tadej Pogacar

The Independent

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6 months ago

Tour de France Stage 11 preview: A day for the breakaway in the Massif Central

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6 months ago

Philipsen finally triumphs in sprint finish on Stage 10 of Tour de France

The Hindu

Jasper Philipsen edged a thrilling sprint to win his first stage of this Tour de France on Tuesday after finishing runner-up twice last week. Tadej Pogacar retained the yellow jersey with the same 33 second gap on Remco Evenepoel and more than a minute on two-time defending champion Jonas Vingegaard. The 10th stage from Orléans to Saint-Amand-Montrond in central France …

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6 months ago

Philipsen finally triumphs in sprint finish on Stage 10 of Tour de France

Associated Press

SAINT-AMAND-MONTROND, France — Jasper Philipsen edged a thrilling sprint to win his first stage of this Tour de France on Tuesday after finishing runner-up twice last week. The 10th stage from Orléans to Saint-Amand-Montrond in central France was a flat 187 kilometers without classified climbs, and set the stage for a mass sprint. “We came to the Tour de France …

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7 months, 2 weeks ago

At 16, Kaamya Karthikeyan Becomes Youngest Indian to Scale MT Everest

Deccan Chronicle

Jamshedpur:: Kaamya Karthikeyan, a 16-year-old mountaineer, has become the youngest Indian to climb Mt Everest from Nepal side, the Tata Steel Adventure Foundation said on Thursday. An official of the TSAF, which supported her endeavour, said Kaamya was accompanied by her father, Commander S Karthikeyan of the Indian Navy, during the journey to the highest peak on the earth. “After …

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7 months, 2 weeks ago

Navy officer's daughter, 16, is youngest Indian to scale Mount Everest from Nepal side

India Today

A 16-year-old girl from Mumbai successfully scaled Mount Everest, becoming the youngest Indian mountaineer to scale the world's highest peak from the Nepal side, the Indian Navy said on Thursday. Kaamya Karthikeyan, a Class 12 student from Navy Children School in Mumbai, along with her father Cdr S Karthikeyan, embarked on their expedition to climb Mount Everest on April 3, …

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1 year, 5 months ago

Dutch climber killed by falling rocks on Swiss mountain

NL Times

A 36-year-old man from the Netherlands died in a rockfall while climbing a mountain on the border of Switzerland and France on Monday, the police of the Swiss canton of Valais reported on Tuesday. Trient : Deux morts aux Aiguilles du Tour Le lundi 31 juillet 2023, deux cordées ont été piégées par la chute d’une importante masse rocheuse. Deux …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Leadership lessons from climbing the mountain

Live Mint

My first Himalayan trek to Annapurna Base Camp in 2019 was one of many firsts—buying the gear, getting to know the sherpas and fellow climbers, the jaw-dropping experience of seeing the majestic and glorious Himalayas. Bitten by the Himalayan bug, I found myself back in March 2023, this time headed to the Everest Base Camp with school buddies. Our impromptu …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Woods wins Tour de France stage nine

The Hindu

Canadian Michael Woods delivered an impressive solo effort to claim the biggest success of his career at the top of a legendary Tour de France climb on Sunday. Woods, who rides for the Israel-Premier Tech team, has no ambition in the general classification and was part of an early breakaway that the main contenders allowed to form early in the …

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2 years, 1 month ago

How to visit Chile’s Torres del Paine National Park sustainably

The Independent

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A 181,414-hectare Biosphere Reserve of wind-pummelled steppe and crystalline lakes, by the often-snowy Paine Massif mountain …

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2 years, 11 months ago

Capturing the magic of Kangchenjunga

Live Mint

When I received a copy of Kangchenjunga: The Himalayan Giant, mountaineer Doug Scott’s last book, published posthumously and edited by Catherine Moorehead, I expected it to be a detailed account of the path-breaking ascent of the mountain in 1979 by Scott and his team. Scott had researched the mountain meticulously and his book is a detailed record of the exploration …

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3 years, 2 months ago

In the Arctic's, global warming is happening three times faster than in the rest of the world

Firstpost

Permafrost – defined as soil that stays frozen year-round for at least two consecutive years – lies under about a quarter of the land in the Northern Hemisphere. Vicious circle In the 1970s, “when researchers first started showing up and investigating these habitats, these ponds didn’t exist”, says Larson, project coordinator for the Climate Impacts Research Centre at Umea University, …

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4 years, 1 month ago

Five die in helicopter crash in French Alps

The Independent

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French Helicopter Crash

4 years, 1 month ago

Cabernet franc wines you need to know about

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4 years, 3 months ago

Tour de France: Roglic strengthens lead - sports news

The Hindu

Primoz Roglic tightened his grip on the Tour de France overall lead as he dropped defending champion Egan Bernal in the final ascent of a gruelling 13th stage in the Massif Central on Friday. - French hopes end - Bernal saw Roglic and Pogacar fade in the distance as his face turned into a mask of pain in the last …

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4 years, 3 months ago

Tour de France 2020: Marc Hirschi wins stage 12 after couple of near misses; Primoz Roglic remains on top of standings

Firstpost

Hirschi finally found the right formula with a heroic long-range solo victory on the Tour’s longest stage of 218km Sarran, France: Persistance paid off for Marc Hirschi as the Swiss soloed to victory on stage 12 of the Tour de France on Thursday, putting behind him two gut-wrenching near misses. The Sunweb man finally found the right formula with a …

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4 years, 4 months ago

Uncertainty shrouds Tour de France racing against COVID-19

The Hindu

Already delayed, the Tour de France sets off Saturday shrouded in uncertainty, flying in the face of the coronavirus pandemic and the imponderable question of how many of the 176 riders will avoid infection and endure three exceptionally tough weeks of racing to reach the finish in Paris. All in all, it will be like Wimbledon: You don’t get Federer’s …

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Mumbai Navy School's Class 12 girl conquers seven highest peaks in the world

Kaamya Karthikeyan becomes world’s youngest girl to conquer highest peaks on all seven continents - who is she?

Hyderabad teen summits highest peak in Antarctica

Quest of courage

Move over Mallorca: Azores, the volcanic archipelago in Portugal, is now topping every traveller’s bucket list

Tour de France 2024 stage-by-stage guide: Route maps and profiles for all 21 days

Emotional Vingegaard beats Pogacar in sprint to win Tour de France Stage 11 in Massif Central

Tour de France: Jonas Vingegaard sheds tears after reeling in Tadej Pogacar

Tour de France Stage 11 preview: A day for the breakaway in the Massif Central

Philipsen finally triumphs in sprint finish on Stage 10 of Tour de France

Philipsen finally triumphs in sprint finish on Stage 10 of Tour de France

At 16, Kaamya Karthikeyan Becomes Youngest Indian to Scale MT Everest

Navy officer's daughter, 16, is youngest Indian to scale Mount Everest from Nepal side

Dutch climber killed by falling rocks on Swiss mountain

Leadership lessons from climbing the mountain

Woods wins Tour de France stage nine

How to visit Chile’s Torres del Paine National Park sustainably

Capturing the magic of Kangchenjunga

In the Arctic's, global warming is happening three times faster than in the rest of the world

Five die in helicopter crash in French Alps

Cabernet franc wines you need to know about

Tour de France: Roglic strengthens lead - sports news

Tour de France 2020: Marc Hirschi wins stage 12 after couple of near misses; Primoz Roglic remains on top of standings

Uncertainty shrouds Tour de France racing against COVID-19