Arjun Vajpai


Arjun Vajpai is the youngest Indian and the youngest in the world to climb Mount Everest back in 2010. He achieved this feat at the age of 16 years, 11 months and 18 days. He broke the record set by Krushnaa Patil of Maharashtra who climbed the summit at the age of 19.
On 20 May 2011, he became the Youngest person ever to summit Lhotse, aged 17 years, 11 months and 16 days. Arjun also became the youngest to summit Manaslu on 4 October 2011. After 3 failed attempts on Makalu, he became the youngest Indian to summit it in his 4th attempt on 22 May 2016.
On 14 October 2015 Arjun Vajpai along with mountaineer Bhupesh Kumar created history by scaling an unexplored peak high in Himachal's Spiti valley. They named it Mount Kalam in memory of late President of India A. P. J. Abdul Kalam.
Arjun Vajpai scaled Mt. Makalu in his fourth attempt in 2016. Makalu is the fifth-highest mountain in the world and the sixth-most difficult to scale.
Arjun Vajpai became the youngest Indian mountaineer to scale Mt.Cho Oyu accompanied by Pasang Norbu Sherpa and Lakpa Sherpa. It is the world's fifth-highest mountain in between the Tibet and China boundary at about.
Arjun Vajpai is the son of Col. Sanjeev Vajpai and Priya Vajpai of Noida. He studied at Ryan International School, Noida. He has been fascinated by trekking and mountaineering since his childhood. He underwent two years of training at the Nehru Institute of Mountaineering.
In one of his expeditions in 2012, he evaded death and was paralysed for 2 days in the open, at an altitude of. The Swiss adventurer :fr:Olivier Racine|Olivier Racine came to his rescue giving him appropriate medicine. Arjun was scaling Mt Cho Oyu, which is deep seated in Tibet. The winds were hostile and the temperature was -60 degrees. On the second day at Camp 2, Arjun woke up with his left side paralysed.

Involvement with Brands

He is currently involved with Mountain Dew India with Hrithik Roshan playing him in the commercial.

Summit so far

2010 : Summited Everest at age 16

2011 : Youngest to summit Mt Manaslu

2011 : Youngest mountaineer on Mt Lhotse

2012 : 1st attempt on Cho-Oyu

2013 : 1st attempt Makalu

2014 : Makalu 2nd attempt

2015 : Alpine style climb of virgin peak- Named it Mt Kalam

2015 : 3rd attempt at Makalu

2016 : Youngest Indian on Cho Oyu, October 4

2016 : Summits Makalu, March 23