After Everest, Anvitha eyes more peaks
Ace mountaineer Anvitha Reddy Padamati came home to a rousing reception on Wednesday after scaling Mount Everest.
Anvitha set out from Hyderabad for climbing the mount Everest in the first week of April. On reaching Nepal she completed the formalities and began her climb from the Southern side of Mount Everest located in Nepal. After a nine-day trek she reached Mach base camp located at an altitude of 5,300 metres on April 17. In the subsequent weeks she completed ‘Rotations’ up the mountain, to acclimatise to the low oxygen levels and reached an altitude of 7,100m. Anvitha started for the Mount Everest summit from the base camp on May 12 and after going through four camps at different altitudes, she along with her Sherpa guide started from
Camp-4 on the night of May
15. Her dream came true when she reached Mt Everest summit (8848.86m) on May 16 at
9.30 am.
“I was ecstatic on reaching the top of the world, a moment I aspired for the last eight years. It was this moment which kept me going despite enormous challenges including convincing my parents who were averse to adventure sport, financial limitations and more. The Anvita group came forward to sponsor and relieved me of my financial concerns, enabling me to concentrate on my ambition. I am immensely grateful to Mr Atchuta Rao Bopanna (Managing Director of Anvitha group) for his kind gesture and to my coach and mentor Shekhar Babu Bachinepally for the grooming,” Anvitha said.
“I was educated about the Everest trekking by my coach Shekar sir even before I set out for that. That made me aware of how to go about while trekking on Everest, how to cope with different situations we encounter and how I should be mentally strong to reach the summit. He was confident from the word go about my ability to reach the top of the world. Khumbu icefall is the toughest and the dangerous stretch of the trekking, but I was prepared to trek through it safely and courageously. My trek in minus 40 degrees weather conditions on Mt Elbrus gave me the confidence to trek on Everest,” Anvitha said.
“Reaching the summit was the most memorable day of my life. The saddest part was seeing dead bodies — I had to pass through two dead bodies of trekkers. I wasn’t frightened but felt sad that they couldn’t go back home like me to celebrate the achievement with their families,” she added.
Speaking about the origins, Anvitha said: “I began my mountaineering journey in
2014 at Bhongir rock climbing school and that terrain helped me to train and climb all the mountains till date.”
An MBA graduate, 24-yearold Anvitha hails from a humble middle class family in Bhongir. Her father Madhusudhan Reddy is an agriculturist and mother Chandrakala Padamati works at an Anganwadi school in Bhongir. Though she got interested in rock climbing at an young age of 17 years, she had to take a break from mountaineering for four years to complete her formal education.
“Anvitha’s single minded dedication is what made us to spot a champion in her. Anvita Group will continue to support her to summit different peaks in all the continents in future,” said Mr Bopanna.
Anvitha has achieved several laurels including climbing Mt Kilimanjaro, the highest peak of Africa continent in January 2021; Mount Khadey, the Indian Himalayas — TsoMoriri, Ladak, in February
2021 and Mt Elbrus, the highest peak of Europe continent in December, 2021.
Reaching the summit was the most memorable day of my life. The saddest part was seeing dead bodies — I had to pass through two dead bodies of trekkers. I wasn’t frightened but felt sad that they couldn’t go back home like me to celebrate the achievement with their families. — ANVITHA REDDY on her experience of scaling Mount Everest