Documentary on Noida mountaineer hits silver screen

The documentary features the mountaineer’s daring expeditions in the past decade, including his much-acclaimed Mount Everest climb.

A documentary movie on Noida mountaineer Arjun Vajpai has hit the silver screens in Delhi-NCR on March 1.

A documentary movie on Noida mountaineer Arjun Vajpai has hit the silver screens in Delhi-NCR on March 1. (Photo by Burhaan Kinu / Hindustan Times) (HT Photo)

The documentary features the mountaineer’s daring expeditions in the past decade, including his much-acclaimed Mount Everest climb.

The 55-long-minute documentary movie, ‘The Mountain Within’, features footages of Vajpai and his team during their different expeditions along with interviews of Vajpai, his family, team members and other experts.

“Viewers can enjoy the raw footages shot by Vajpai and team during their expeditions, the preparation before the trips and what undergoes during the course of the journey,” Sparsh Tyagi, Arjun Vajpai’s manager, said.

The mountaineer shot to fame in 2010 when at the age of 16 years and 11 months, he climbed Mount Everest and became the world’s youngest mountaineer to do so, breaking the record of Krushnaa Patil from Maharashtra, who had achieved it at the age of 17 years and 11 months.

After his Mount Everest expedition, Vajpai summitted Mount Lhotse in 2011, Mount Manaslu in 2011, Mount Makalu in 2016, Mount Cho Oyu in 2016 and Mount Kanchenjunga in 2018.

“This year, Arjun will be leading a nationwide campaign to act against climate change and save the Himalayas. The #ClimbAgainstClimateChange campaign started by Arjun on his social media platforms (Facebook and Instagram) has already reached thousands of people across the country,” Tyagi said.