Telangana farmer’s daughter conquers Antarctica’s tallest peak

Hyderabad: She belongs to a humble family that depends on agriculture but this young mountaineer from Telangana has not let the odds stop her from scaling new heights.
Barely three months after she scripted history as the first Indian woman to scale the ‘true summit’ of Mt. Manaslu, Anvitha Padamati (24) has gone on to scale the tallest peak in Antarctica.
On December 17, Anvitha scaled Mt. Vinson, the highest peak of Antarctica continent – an altitude of 4,892 m above sea level.
She was part of the international expedition team in Antarctica with Transcend Adventures India that set out from Hyderabad on December 3 to Punta Arenas, Chile. After completing the documentation and other paperwork, she flew to Union Glacier in Antarctica on December 7.
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From December 8 to 15, Anvitha spent time getting acclimatized to the harsh Antarctica weather braving extremely windy conditions with temperatures hovering around minus 30 Degree Celsius. Finally on December 16, she attempted the summit climb.