Four young explorers from Telangana – Lattupally Lalithya Reddy, Shamin Ramesh Kyatham, Lattupally Srihan Reddy, and Goli Preetham – completed a youth expedition setting new benchmarks for youth involvement in high-altitude expeditions.

Along with Jahnvi Mantri and Riya Shridhar from Mumbai, the youth in the age range of 11-16 years, completed the expedition led by mountaineer Satyarup Siddhanta of Winners and Achievers, and I3 foundation of Ranchi.

The 14-day expedition began with an arrival in Kathmandu and traversing Lukla, Phakding, Namche Bazaar, Tengboche, Dingboche, Lobuche, followed by the challenging route from Lobuche to Everest Base Camp (EBC) and then to Gorakshep.