Born on March 18, 2005, in Tamil Nadu, Aaryan Balaji just did his parents and a whole nation proud. A few months ago he scaled Mt. Kala Pattar (17,900 ft) in Nepal, becoming the youngest person to stand on the mountain peak. His father, K.S. Balaji is his inspiration and trainer. The Navy Commander and mountaineer took his son under his wing to teach him the skill of mountaineering with an effort to show him the wonders of nature and build his personality.
On one of their trips to the Vaishno Devi shrine in the Shivalik hills of Katra, his parents discovered that he had a natural penchant for climbing, unwittingly using mountaineering techniques that no one ever taught him. What attracted him on the peak were the variety of birds and animals. "It was so nice to be on top of a mountain. I saw Danphe (the national bird of Nepal) and wild goats. The sparrows in the mountain were so big, they looked like pigeons," he said in all innocence.
Next on his agenda is nothing less than Mount Kilimanjaro, the highest peak in Africa.
(Based on Timesofindia.indiatimes.com)
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