Malli Mastan Babu,
India’s ace mountaineer passed away
Malli Mastan Babu, one of India’s top
mountaineers passed away. His dead body was recovered in the Andes Mountains
between Argentina and Chile after he went missing on 24th March, 2015 during
an expedition to Cerro Tres Cruces Sur. Babu was regarded as the fastest
“7 summiteer” that is fastest mountaineer to climb summits in all seven
continents from India. In 2006, he had famously scaled 7 summits of the
world in record 172 days. He was the first Indian mountaineer to summit
the tallest peak in Antarctica, Mt Vinson Massif. He was also the first person
from Andhra Pradesh to scale the Mt Everest. Babu hails from Nellore
district of Andhra Pradesh and was a 2000-2002 IIM Kolkata pass out. He also
had a degree from IIT Kharagpur.
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