At 11.23 am on May 20, 2026, 22-year-old Saanika Shah fulfilled a dream she had nurtured for five years by successfully summiting Mount Everest, the world's highest peak. IMAGE: Saanika Shah, 22, with the Tiranga at Mount Everest on May 20, 2026, 11.23 am. At the age of 17, after watching the film Everest (based on the 1996 Everest disaster), Saanika Shah wrote two words on the whiteboard in her bedroom: 'Everest 2026'.