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Malli Mastan Babu

Remembering a mountain man -- Malli Mastan Babu

Remembering a mountain man -- Malli Mastan Babu

Malli Mastan Babu, mountaineer and India's fastest seven-summits climber, was found dead on Cerro Tres Cruces Sur (6749m) at an altitude of 5900m on 4th April, 2015. At 40 his achievements were as tall as the summits he scaled. The first Indian to climb the seven highest summits

UPDATE: Final rites of Indian mountaineer Malli Mastan Babu amid state honours

UPDATE: Final rites of Indian mountaineer Malli Mastan Babu amid state honours

Thousands of people turned up for the burial of Babu in his hometown in South India. The local government had a 21-gun salute in his honour. Indian mountaineer Malli Mastan Babu who died in the Andes recently was laid to rest in his village on Saturday in the presence thousands

Malli Mastan Babu’s body reaches India; enroute Nellore for final rites

Malli Mastan Babu’s body reaches India; enroute Nellore for final rites

Malli Mastan Babu’s body reached New Delhi today morning, with a two-hour stopover for friends and family in the city to offer their respects. It is now on its way to his hometown Nellore in south India. Days after the Indian mountaineer's body was retrieved from the

Exclusive: Interview with Hernán Augusto Parajón provides proof of Mastan's ascent of Cerro Tres Cruces

Exclusive: Interview with Hernán Augusto Parajón provides proof of Mastan's ascent of Cerro Tres Cruces

In an exclusive interview after retrieving Malli Mastan Babu's body from the Andes his friend and coordinator of the mission told The Outdoor Journal that the Indian mountaineer had summited Cerro Tres Cruces (6749m). On heels of the Chilean mountaineer detecting and retrieving Babu's body from

Malli Mastan Babu's body retrieved from the Andes

Malli Mastan Babu's body retrieved from the Andes

In an operation aided by local governments, top Indian mountaineer Malli Mastan Babu's body was brought down from the Tres Cruces massif of the Andes to Tucumán town in north Argentina on Monday. More than a week after he was found dead at an altitude of 5900m in

Malli Mastan Babu found dead in the Andes

Malli Mastan Babu found dead in the Andes

More than ten days after he went missing during a solo attempt of Cerro Tres Cruces Sur (6749m), top Indian mountaineer Malli Mastan Babu was found dead at an altitude of 5900m on Saturday. India’s fastest Seven Summits climber Malli Mastan Babu was found dead in the Tres Cruces

UPDATE: Aerial search begins for Indian climber Malli Mastan Babu missing in the Andes

UPDATE: Aerial search begins for Indian climber Malli Mastan Babu missing in the Andes

A week after he went missing during a solo attempt of Cerro Tres Cruces Sur, a helicopter search has begun from the Argentinian side for Malli Mastan Babu in South America. An aerial search has also been arranged in Chile for the Indian mountaineer. A helicopter search is underway in