Eight-year-old Akshaj Udaiwal, hailing from Ongole, hiked up to the second base camp of the Great Ararat mountain, 4,200 metres above sea level, in Turkey.
Accompanied by his mother, V. Anuradha, the boy studying Class 3 started the trek on September 2, braving the hostile weather conditions and reached the first base camp, which is 3,200 meters above sea level.
