❖ Arjun Vajpai has scaled the Mt. Shishapangma (located in Tibet) and completing his 8th successful summit of a peak over 8,000 meters.

❖ This marks him as the first Indian to scale the mountain.

❖ This also includes the record for the fastest ascent from Base Camp to the summit and back in under 72 hours.

❖ He is the youngest person to climb Mt. Everest (2010) and Mt. Lhotse (2011).

❖ He has now summited 8 of the 14 tallest mountains on Earth.

❖ He is the First Indian to climb eight 8,000-meter peaks.