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Youngest Sri Lankan at Everest base camp sets sights on Europe's tallest
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|October 12, 2025
The youngest Sri Lankan to reach Everest Base Camp, Jaith Adithya Nathavitharana, achieved this feat at just 15 years and four months. Now, he sets his sights on summiting Mount Elbrus, the tallest mountain in Europe and Mount Vinson, the tallest in Antarctica.
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Jaith Nathavitharana is urging young people like him to take up mountaineering.
At 13, on 10 August 2023, Jaith summited Stella Point of Mount Kilimanjaro and pledged to himself to climb the Seven Summits, including Everest Base Camp, sooner rather than later. Mount Elbrus in Russia stands at 18,510 ft, while Mount Vinson reaches 16,050 ft.
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