13歲印度女孩登頂珠峯 創最年輕女性記錄

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

瑪拉瓦·普爾納自出生起就生活在珠峯山腳下，現在她終於站在了山頂上。

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

這位13歲的印度女孩成爲登頂世界最高峯——珠峯的最年輕女性。

The 'untouchable', whose laborer parents earn less than $600 a year, reached the summit on May 25. Now the Dalit wants to be a role model for other poor children.

“貧民”女孩普爾納的父母都是勞動人民，每年賺錢不足600美元。普爾納在5月25日登頂珠峯，她想成爲其他貧窮孩子的模範。

'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.

52天的驚險旅程結束後，普爾納在大本營接到了BBC採訪的衛星電話，她說，“這次遠征的目的是鼓舞那些和我同樣家庭背景的年輕人和學生。”

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

“對於像我這樣的部落女孩來說，機會非常少。但我一直尋求機會來展示我的才能。”

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

她的父母非常開心，在瑪拉瓦創造新紀錄的慶功會上他們難掩驕傲之情。

'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.

瑪拉瓦的父母告訴《印度時報》記者，“我們很高興自己的女兒能創造世界紀錄，我們知道她會到達很多地方。她不僅學業出色，而且富有冒險精神。”

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

他們還說希望自己的兒子納雷什將來有一天也能夠登頂珠峯。

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.

官方人士稱，瑪拉瓦及其所在登山隊的成就、比以往登頂珠峯的人更令人印象深刻，因爲他們是從更險峻的西藏一側路線登頂珠峯的。大部分爬珠峯的人都會選擇更容易的尼泊爾一側登山，但是尼泊爾禁止16歲以下的人攀爬珠峯。

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 Everest climber.

2010年，年齡13歲零10個月的美國男孩喬丹·羅梅羅成功登頂珠峯，成爲世界上最年輕的珠峯登頂者，普爾瑪比他當年只大了一個月。