Arjun Vajpai

Arjun Vajpai

Question: Recently Professional Indian mountaineer Arjun Vajpai scaled the world’s sixth highest mountain, name the mountain-
(a) Mount Abu
(b) Mount Cho Oyu
(c) Mount manaslu:
(d) None of these
Ans: (b)
Related facts:

  • On 4 October 2016 Professional Indian mountaineer Arjun Vajpai scaled the world’s sixth highest mountain Cho Oyu.
  • He became the youngest in the world to scale the Mount Cho Oyu, the sixth highest mountain peak in the world at 8,188 metres (26,864 ft) above sea level.
  • He has now climbed five of the 14 highest mountains in the world that tower over 8,000m, including Mt Everest, Mt Manaslu, Mt Makalu and Mt Lhotse.
  • He became one of the youngest Indians to climb Mt Everest in 2010.

Reference:
http://www.arjun-vajpai.com/
http://sports.ndtv.com/news/mountaineer-arjun-vajpai-summit-cho-oyu-other-sports-1470532
https://twitter.com/ArjunV_everest