Mountaineering · INDIA
Completed the Seven Summits (Bass list) with Mt Everest on 27 May 2025, aged 16; recognised by the India Book of Records as the youngest Indian to do so; received the PMRBP 2025 (Sports).
16 when he completed the Seven Summits in May 2025
Telangana · India
BEHIND THE RESULT
On 27 May 2025, Vishwanath Karthikey Padakanti of Hyderabad stood on Mt Everest and completed the Seven Summits — the highest peak on every continent: Everest in Asia, Aconcagua in South America, Denali in North America, Elbrus in Europe, Kilimanjaro in Africa, Vinson in Antarctica and Kosciuszko in Australia. The India Book of Records recognises him as the youngest Indian to complete the challenge; his team also describes him as the second youngest in the world. In December 2025 he received the Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar in the Sports category.
His first step onto a glacier came at age 11, on a 2020 trek toward Mt Rudugaira in Uttarakhand; altitude sickness stopped that climb, but it started something bigger — training at the Nehru Institute of Mountaineering and a five-year goal. His first summit was Mt Elbrus on 15 August 2022, after an earlier attempt had turned back. Then came Denali in June 2024, Vinson in Antarctica in December 2024 and Aconcagua on 22 January 2025, along with Kilimanjaro and Kosciuszko, whose dates the reports we could open do not give.
Vishwanath’s first big climb ended in failure — and became the start of everything. Which setback of yours might secretly be a beginning? That is a question from us, not part of his record.
Source-based story · the activities are prompts for readers.
Open the article edition →Completed the Seven Summits (Bass list) with Mt Everest on 27 May 2025, aged 16; recognised by the India Book of Records as the youngest Indian to do so; received the PMRBP 2025 (Sports).
2025-12-26 · Supporting source ↗
Global Indian · 8 October 2025 ↗Interview-based feature report
India Book of Records · profile ↗Record profile
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