登上珠峰的最年轻女性

玛拉瓦·普尔纳自出生起就生活在珠穆朗玛峰脚下，现在她终于站在了山顶上。

After spending her life at the bottom of the heap， Malavath Poorna has finally come out on top.

The 13-year-old girl from India has become the youngest female to conquer Mount Qomolangma， the world’s highest peak.

Her laborer parents earn less than $600 a year， reached the summit on 25， May， 2014. She wants to be a role model for other poor children.

“The aim of my expedition was to inspire young people and students from my kind of background，” she told BBC on a satellite phone from base camp， following her treacherous 52-day climb.

玛拉瓦·普尔纳自出生起就生活在珠峰脚下，现在她终于站在了山顶上。

这位13岁的印度女孩成为登上世界最高峰——珠穆朗玛峰的最年轻女性。

女孩普尔纳的父母都是干体力活的，每年收入不足600美元。普尔纳在2014年5月25日登上珠峰，她想成为其他贫穷孩子的一个榜样。

52天的惊险旅程结束后，普尔纳在大本营通过卫星电话接受了BBC的采访。她说：“这次探险的目的是鼓舞那些和我有同样家庭背景的年轻人和在校学生。”

“For a tribal girl like me， opportunities are very rare and I was looking for one opportunity where I could prove my caliber.”

Her overjoyed parents couldn’t contain their pride during a special ceremony to mark Malavath’s achievement.

“We are happy that our girl has set the world record. We know she will go places. She is not only bright in academics， but also in adventure，” Malavath’s parents told Times of India.

They said they hoped their son Naresh would also conquer Mount Qomolangma one day.

Officials said this achievement is even more impressive as they climbed the peak from the more difficult Tibetan side. Most climbers scale the world’s tallest mountain from the easier Nepalese side， but Nepal forbids climbers younger than 16.

American Jordan Romero ascended the peak in 2010 when he was 13 years and 10 months. Poorna is just a month older than the world’s youngest Qomolangma climber.

“对于像属于我这样的种族的女孩来说，机会非常少。但我一直在寻找一个能证明我实力的机会。”

她的父母非常开心，在为纪念玛拉瓦创造的纪录所特设的庆功会上他们难掩自豪之情。

玛拉瓦的父母告诉《印度时报》记者：“我们很高兴自己的女儿能创造世界纪录，我们知道她会取得成功。她不仅学业出色，而且富有冒险精神。”

他们还说希望自己的儿子纳雷什将来有一天也能够登顶珠峰。

官方人士称，玛拉瓦及其所在登山队的成就比以往的登顶更令人印象深刻，因为他们是从更险峻的西藏一侧路线登顶珠峰的。大部分爬珠峰的人都会选择从尼泊尔一侧登山，因为这条线路更容易。但是尼泊尔禁止16岁以下的人登珠峰。

2010年，13岁零10个月的美国男孩乔丹·罗梅罗成功登顶珠峰，成为世界上最年轻的珠峰登顶者，普尔纳比他当年的年龄只大了一个月。