Meghalaya’s Youngest Everester Rifiness Warjri Returns Home to a Hero’s Welcome
First Published: 21st June, 2025 18:30 IST
Meghalaya’s youngest Everester, Rifiness Warjri returned home on Saturday after scalling Mount Evereat, the highest peak in the world. With eyes brimming with tears and a heart swelling with pride,
Meghalaya’s youngest Everester, Rifiness Warjri returned home on Saturday after scalling Mount Evereat, the highest peak in the world.
With eyes brimming with tears and a heart swelling with pride, 20-year-old Rifiness Warjri returned home to a hero’s welcome having etched her name in history as the youngest from Meghalaya to conquer Mount Everest.
When Rifiness Warjri came out of the arrival gate of Umroi Airport , the 61 Meghalaya Girls Battalion of NCC burst into applause. Rifiness scalled Mount Everest on May 18, 2025, at an awe-inspiring 8,848 meters, becoming not just a state icon, but the sole representative from the entire Northeast in the prestigious NCC Mount Everest Expedition 2025.
Speaking to media on her arrival Rifiness said, “I’m very happy. I’m very glad that I got this opportunity from the NCC for bringing glories to the state, bringing the glories to the country. And the happiest moment for me was taking that Indian flag on top of the world is the most glorious thing that I’ve ever had.” Rifiness attributed her success to her parents.
A cadet of unshakable resolve from the 61 Meghalaya Girls Battalion and a student of St. Anthony’s College, Rifiness has become the fourth mountaineer from Meghalaya to stand atop Everest—following legends Gary Jarman Lamare (2012), Wansuk Myrthong (2013), and Dolyne Kharbhih (2016). But her young age, her courage, and her quiet strength have made her journey uniquely inspirational.
Led by Major A.G. Warjri, her fellow NCC cadets, proud family members, and well-wishers gathered at the airport with garlands, embraces, and emotional words, as the young climber returned—not just as an Everester, but as a symbol of dreams that dare to rise above the clouds.
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