Only my eldest brother knew I was going on the Everest trek,” Havildar Kumar told The Hindu . Then they understood that I have done something,” a visibly excited Havildar Kumar told the The Hindu . Havildar Kumar is from 2 Madras regiment, the same regiment that Lance Naik Hanamanthappa Koppad that belonged to. A senior Army officer said the Indian Mountaineering Foundation recorded Havildar Kumar as the first person from Tamil Nadu to climb Mount Everest. K. Siva Kumar is first from State to scale the summitThe nation cheered as Havildar K. Siva Kumar scaled Mount Everest last month as part of the Indian army’s expedition team.

Source: The Hindu June 13, 2016 00:04 UTC