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Bachendri Pal (born 24 May 1954) is an Indian mountaineer. In 1984, she became the first Indian woman to climb the summit of the world's highest mountain, Mount Everest . [ 3 ] [ 1 ] She was awarded the third highest civilian award in India, Padma Bhushan by the Government of India in 2019.
In 1984, the fourth Indian expedition was led by Darshan Kumar Khullar and recorded a total of 5 ascents, including that of Bachendri Pal, the first woman summiteer from India - all from the South side (Nepal). Lieutenant Colonel Prem Chand was the deputy leader. [43] [44]
Santosh Yadav (born 10 October 1967) is an Indian mountaineer. She is the first woman in the world to climb Mount Everest twice [ 1 ] and the first woman to successfully climb Mount Everest from Kangshung Face. When she was young or in teenage she usually took steps to criticise the beliefs and traditions followed in the society.
D. K. Khullar. Darshan Kumar Khullar is an Indian mountaineer, writer and a former Brigadier of the Indian Army. [1] He led the Everest expedition which included Bachendri Pal and Phu Dorjee that summitted the peak in May 1984. [2][3] The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest Indian civilian honour of Padma Shri in 1984.
Arunima Sinha was born in Ambedkar Nagar near Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh. Her father was in the Indian Army and her mother was a supervisor in the health department. She has an elder sister and a younger brother. After her father died, her mother tried to take care of her family. [11] Arunima liked football and also was a national volleyball player.
May 23 – Bachendri Pal via the standard southeast ridge route, becoming the first Indian woman to do so. [58] October 3 – First Australian ascent, without supplemental oxygen, on a new route ("White Limbo") on the North Face. Tim Macartney-Snape and Greg Mortimer summitted.
First Gujarati sisters to climb Mount Everest, Aditi Vaidya (25 yrs.) and Anuja Vaidya (21 yrs.) Reached the top on 22 May 2019. They are from Surat. [8] Love Raj Singh Dharmshaktu - climbed Mount Everest seven times. In 1984, Bachendri Pal became the first Indian woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest [9][10]
Tenzing Norgay GM OSN (/ ˈ t ɛ n z ɪ ŋ ˈ n ɔːr ɡ eɪ /; Sherpa: བསྟན་འཛིན་ནོར་རྒྱས tendzin norgyé; May 1914 – 9 May 1986), born Namgyal Wangdi, and also referred to as Sherpa Tenzing, [1] was a Nepalese-Indian Sherpa mountaineer.