登上珠峰的最年輕女性

瑪拉瓦·普爾納自出生起就生活在珠穆朗瑪峰腳下，現(xiàn)在她終于站在了山頂上。

After spending her life at the bottom of the heap， Malavath Poorna has finally come out on top.

The 13-year-old girl from India has become the youngest female to conquer Mount Qomolangma， the world’s highest peak.

Her laborer parents earn less than $600 a year， reached the summit on 25， May， 2014. She wants to be a role model for other poor children.

“The aim of my expedition was to inspire young people and students from my kind of background，” she told BBC on a satellite phone from base camp， following her treacherous 52-day climb.

瑪拉瓦·普爾納自出生起就生活在珠峰腳下，現(xiàn)在她終于站在了山頂上。

這位13歲的印度女孩成為登上世界最高峰——珠穆朗瑪峰的最年輕女性。

女孩普爾納的父母都是干體力活的，每年收入不足600美元。普爾納在2014年5月25日登上珠峰，她想成為其他貧窮孩子的一個(gè)榜樣。

52天的驚險(xiǎn)旅程結(jié)束后，普爾納在大本營(yíng)通過(guò)衛(wèi)星電話接受了BBC的采訪。她說(shuō)：“這次探險(xiǎn)的目的是鼓舞那些和我有同樣家庭背景的年輕人和在校學(xué)生。”

“For a tribal girl like me， opportunities are very rare and I was looking for one opportunity where I could prove my caliber.”

Her overjoyed parents couldn’t contain their pride during a special ceremony to mark Malavath’s achievement.

“We are happy that our girl has set the world record. We know she will go places. She is not only bright in academics， but also in adventure，” Malavath’s parents told Times of India.

They said they hoped their son Naresh would also conquer Mount Qomolangma one day.

Officials said this achievement is even more impressive as they climbed the peak from the more difficult Tibetan side. Most climbers scale the world’s tallest mountain from the easier Nepalese side， but Nepal forbids climbers younger than 16.

American Jordan Romero ascended the peak in 2010 when he was 13 years and 10 months. Poorna is just a month older than the world’s youngest Qomolangma climber.

“對(duì)于像屬于我這樣的種族的女孩來(lái)說(shuō)，機(jī)會(huì)非常少。但我一直在尋找一個(gè)能證明我實(shí)力的機(jī)會(huì)。”

她的父母非常開(kāi)心，在為紀(jì)念瑪拉瓦創(chuàng)造的紀(jì)錄所特設(shè)的慶功會(huì)上他們難掩自豪之情。

瑪拉瓦的父母告訴《印度時(shí)報(bào)》記者：“我們很高興自己的女兒能創(chuàng)造世界紀(jì)錄，我們知道她會(huì)取得成功。她不僅學(xué)業(yè)出色，而且富有冒險(xiǎn)精神。”

他們還說(shuō)希望自己的兒子納雷什將來(lái)有一天也能夠登頂珠峰。

官方人士稱(chēng)，瑪拉瓦及其所在登山隊(duì)的成就比以往的登頂更令人印象深刻，因?yàn)樗麄兪菑母U(xiǎn)峻的西藏一側(cè)路線登頂珠峰的。大部分爬珠峰的人都會(huì)選擇從尼泊爾一側(cè)登山，因?yàn)檫@條線路更容易。但是尼泊爾禁止16歲以下的人登珠峰。

2010年，13歲零10個(gè)月的美國(guó)男孩喬丹·羅梅羅成功登頂珠峰，成為世界上最年輕的珠峰登頂者，普爾納比他當(dāng)年的年齡只大了一個(gè)月。