World record: Satyarup Siddhanta becomes youngest to climb 7 peaks & volcano summits

Kolkata: Kolkata's renowned mountaineer Satyarup Siddhanta has become the youngest man in the world to have scaled seven highest peaks and volcanic summits across continents.

Siddhanta on Wednesday morning conquered Antarctica's highest point Mount Sidley which is the highest volcanic peak in the continent. "It was a very long summit that took 10 hours. It was a daunting task in the biting cold as we went on searching for the summit. We could stay at the summit for 10 minutes as it was minus 40 degree. The breeze that was blowing was bitter cold. I placed our national flag and also played our national anthem through a recorder that I was carrying. I will be reaching the base camp on Thursday," Siddhanta said later while coming down after the feat.

The news of Satyarup's successful summit was circulated on social media soon after he tweeted: "6:28 AM (IST) successfully submitted Mt. Sidley highest volcanic peak of Antarctica. Fluttered the India flag at Sidley, what a proud moment."

"It is a proud moment for the entire country. He has been contacting me from time to time and I was worried as the weather condition was often hostile. I will not be free from anxiety till he safely returns to the base camp," said Gayatri Sidhanta, Satyarup's mother.

Satyarup has achieved the feat at the age of 35 years 262 days while Australia's Daniel Bull did it aged 36 years 157 days. The mountaineer who originally hails from Haridevpur in South Kolkata is a software engineer by profession. He holds an illustrious record of conquering several treacherous summits such as the Mt Kilimanjaro in Africa, Mt Elbrus in Europe, Mt Denali in Alaska and Mt Monc Blanc in France.

It was December 5, 2018, when Satyarup scaled Pico de Orizaba which is the highest volcanic peak in North America. He was the first civilian Bengalee to have scaled the Seven Summits in 2017. Satyabrata Dam, a Bengalee mountaineer based in Delhi, had scaled the seven summit some years back, but he was a non-civilian.

He had successfully climbed Mount Everest in June 2016.