A four-year-old girl has become the youngest person to reach Mount Everest Base Camp.
Together with her father and seven-year-old brother, Zara managed to make the daunting 274 km journey to base camp at an altitude of 5,364 meters.
Zara (left) with her brother on the mountain (@sasha.jede - Metro).
Zara's father, David Šifra, made sure to check his children's blood oxygen saturation during the gradual climb.
And the photos show Zara hiking alongside her older brother and stunning views of the Himalayas.
David said: "There were no problems during the walk, the acclimatisation was above average, little Zara, thanks to her very good physical condition, even outperformed, with a few exceptions, hundreds of other hikers.
Feat or irresponsibility?
Šifra stressed that Zara's unusual upbringing in Malaysia has helped her train to thrive on the challenging hike and ultimately allowed her to break the world record.
The former world record for the youngest person to reach Mount Everest base camp was held by Prisha Lokesh Nikajoo, who was just 5 years old when he made the climb in 2023.
But no matter the age of the climber, the trek even to Everest base camp is incredibly taxing on the body and can cause severe altitude sickness, and even death.
Zara with her brother on the mountain (@sasha.jede - Metro).
Symptoms usually develop between six and 24 hours after reaching an altitude more than 3,000 meters above sea level.
Mount Everest far exceeds that altitude, with an extraordinary height of 8,848 meters.
Source: Metro.
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