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'''Vaassangyaan Chaudhary''' (born 6 December 2004) is an Indian boy who holds two Indian records in [[mountaineering]]. On 6 June 2016, at 9.30 am, he scaled Mt. Stok Kangri, a 20,182 feet high peak in the Stok range of Laddakh Himalayas. For this feat, he was certified by the [[Indian Mountaineering Foundation]], as the youngest person to scale this summit, at the age of 11 years.<ref>{{cite news|title=Vaassangyaan Chaudhary youngest to climb Stok Kangri peak|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/at-11-vaassangyaan-chaudhary-world-youngest-mountaineer-climb-ladakh-stok-kangri-peak-2849771/|agency=Indian Express|publisher=Indian Express|date=13 June 2016|ref=At 11, Vaassangyaan Chaudhary is the world’s youngest to climb Stok Kangri peak}}</ref><br />
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On 22 June 2017, at 6.30 am, Vaassangyaan Chaudhary scaled the 21,000-foot-high Black Peak (also called Mt. Kala Nag), the highest peak in the Bandarpunch range of the Himalayas. He again created a record in being the youngest to scale this peak, at the age of 12 years.<ref>{{cite news|title=12-year-old boy becomes youngest climber to scale highest peak in Garhwal Himalayas|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/meerut/12-yr-old-boy-becomes-youngest-climber-to-scale-highest-peak-in-garhwal-himalayas/articleshow/59359068.cms|agency=Times of India|publisher=Times of India|date=29 June 2017|ref=12-year-old boy becomes youngest climber to scale highest peak in Garhwal Himalayas}}</ref><br />
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== Early life and education ==<br />
Vaassangyaan Chaudhary is the son of Manisha and Sandeep Chaudhary. His mother is a psychologist by education, having done her PhD in developmental psychology from the University of Delhi. His father is a chemical engineer by education, having done B.Tech. in chemical technology from the Indian Institute of Technology (I.I.T.), Delhi.<ref>{{cite news|title=This Baraut family learns about nature through treks and not books|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/meerut/This-Baraut-family-learns-about-nature-through-treks-and-not-books/articleshow/51172079.cms|agency=The Time of India|publisher=The Time of India|date=27 February 2016|ref=This Baraut family learns about nature through treks and not books}}</ref><br />
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Vaassangyaan has two sisters, Manassangyini, an environment activist,<ref>{{cite news|title=Baraut girl face of Hindon River Rejuvenation Project|url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/10-year-old-baraut-girl-face-of-hindon-river-rejuvenation-project/articleshow/51862459.cms|agency=India Times|publisher=The Economic Times|date=17 April 2016|ref=10-year-old Baraut girl face of Hindon River Rejuvenation Project}}</ref> and Suryassangyini Chaudhary, who holds the world record of reaching the 16,300 Khanchendjonga Base Camp, at the age of 6 years.<ref>{{cite news|title=6-year-old becomes youngest to climb 16,300ft-high Kangchenjunga base camp|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/meerut/6-year-old-becomes-youngest-to-climb-16300ft-high-Kangchenjunga-base-camp/articleshow/51375238.cms|agency=The Times of India|work=The Times of India|date=12 March 2016|ref=6-year-old becomes youngest to climb 16,300ft-high Kangchenjunga base camp}}</ref><br />
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Vaassangyaan started his schooling at the Pathways World School, an IB school situated on the outskirts of a Delhi suburb, Gurgaon, in 2009. After two years of formal education, seeing his potential for adventure sports as well as other sports like Tennis and Horse Riding, his parents pulled him out of formal schooling, to home-school him. It was during these early years, from 2011 to 2016, that Vaassangyaan started undertaking regular high-altitude treks in the Great Himalayas.<br />
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In early 2016, he enrolled at ate Delhi Public School, Sonepat, situated in another suburb of the National Capital Region (NCR) of India. Currently, he is studying in the 8th Grade of his School.{{Citation needed|date=October 2020}}<br />
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