Indian conquers the Andes in Latin America
Thirty-seven-year old Malli Mastan Babu is the only Indian to have scaled the tallest peaks of the Andes in South America. He also holds a Guinness record for having climbed the seven summits of the world in just 172 days.
Babu, who comes from a farming family in Nellore in Andhra Pradesh, has been credited with scaling the Aconcagua in the Argentine side three times. At 6,962 metres, it is the tallest peak outside the Himalayas.
He also climbed the Huascaran (6,768 metres) in Peru, Sajama (6,542 metres) in Bolivia, Chimborazo (6,310 metres) in Ecuador and Ojos del Salado (6,800 metres) in Chile.
No Indian has ever been to most of the places where he has gone.
Babu has spent about nine months in South America in his four trips since 2005, R. Viswanathan, India's
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