Six-Year-Old from Ropar Becomes Youngest to Conquer Mount Elbrus

Six-year-old Teghbir Singh from Ropar has etched his name into the record books by becoming the youngest person in the world to summit Mount Elbrus in Russia. The formidable peak, which towers at 18,510 feet, is the highest mountain in Europe.

Teghbir began his ascent on June 20 and achieved the remarkable feat by reaching the summit on June 28. His achievement has been officially recognized by the Mountaineering, Rock Climbing and Sports Tourism Federation of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic in Russia, which awarded him a certificate acknowledging him as the “world’s youngest summiteer on Mount Elbrus at the age of 6 years, 9 months, and 4 days.”

The young mountaineer shared, “I reached the mountain peak and had a picture with my father there.” His father, Sukhinderdeep Singh, who accompanied him on the expedition, revealed that the journey was the result of a year-long training regimen. “Teghbir started preparing for this feat a year ago. He has been trained under the guidance of coach Bikramjit Singh Ghuman,” he said.

This is not Teghbir’s first tryst with high-altitude success. In August 2024, he became the youngest Asian to scale Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa’s highest peak, at the age of just five.

With two major international summits already under his belt before the age of seven, Teghbir Singh is quickly becoming a name to watch in the world of mountaineering—a young adventurer whose dreams soar as high as the peaks he climbs.