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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.
The 1993 Indo-Nepalese Everest expedition was the first all-woman expedition launched by Indian Mountaineering Foundation and funded by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports. The 21-member team was led by Bachendri Pal. The historic expedition set up several world records at the time which included the largest number of persons (18) of a ...
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]
Country Date Male climber Date Female climber References Afghanistan 2023-05-17: Samuel Dean Sidiqi [1] [2] [3] [4] Albania 2012-05-26: Gjergj Bojaxhi [5]: 2017-05-22 ...
Photos taken after the massive avalanche that tore down Everest after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake gives a clue to the chaotic scene that unfolded at base camp. The wall of snow, which had gathered ...
Many Mount Everest records are held by Nepali, especially those from the Sherpa region. On 11 May 2011, Apa Sherpa successfully reached the summit of Everest for the twenty-first time, breaking his own record for the most successful ascents. [133] He first climbed Mount Everest in 1989 at the age of 29. [134] Phurba Tashi Sherpa (also 21 times)
She contacted Bachendri Pal, the first Indian woman to climb Mount Everest, in 2011. [29] When she met Pal and Arunima told her story to her, Bachendri Pal said to Arunima "My child, you decided to climb Mount Everest in these situations with Prosthetic (Artificial) leg. You had climbed, achieved Mount Everest my child now just the date is ...
A post-card of Everest from the 1920s, the view from Rongbuk glacier (north side) Mount Everest is the world's highest mountain at 8,848.86 metres (29,031.7 ft) and thus a particularly desirable peak for mountaineers. This is a list of people who reached the summit of Mount Everest in the 20th century.