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Cheema, and Nawang Gombu Sherpa climbed the peak and became the first Indian to achieve this feat. This was the second time that Nawang Gombu Sherpa climbed Mount Everest. The first was with American Expedition in 1963. Tenzing Norgay, the first man to climb Mount Everest, was his uncle.
Satish Gogineni is the fastest Indian to summit two 8000ers. He summited Mount Everest and Mount Lhotse within 20 Hours. [7] 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.
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.
Savita Kanswal was an Indian mountaineer hailing from Uttarakhand. She is the first Indian woman to conquer both Mount Everest and Makalu within 16 days. [1] She died in an avalanche accident on October 4, 2022. In January 2024, she posthumously received the Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award, the highest honor in adventure sports in India.
And after that Arunima joined a basic mountaineering course from Nehru Institute of Mountaineering and TATA Steel Adventure (TSAF) in Uttarkashi (India) and she was encouraged or motivated by her elder brother Omprakash to climb Mount Everest. Sinha climbed Island Peak (6150 metres) in 2012 as preparation for her ascent of Everest [29] Sinha ...
He is one of six Indian men and the twenty first man in the world to climb Mount Everest. On 29 May 1965, 12 years to the day from the first ascent of Mount Everest, he made the summit with the fourth and final successful attempt of the 1965 Indian Everest Expedition along with H. C. S. Rawat and Phu Dorjee Sherpa. This was the first time three ...
Avtar Singh Cheema (1933–1989) was the first Indian man and the 16th person in world to climb Mount Everest. [1] Along with 8 others he was a part of the third mission undertaken by the Indian Army, in 1965, to climb Mount Everest after two failed attempts. The Indian Everest Expedition 1965 put 9 mountaineers on the summit on 20 May, a ...
Arjun on top of Mount Kalam. Arjun Vajpai (born 9 June 1993) is an Indian mountaineer, who became the world's youngest mountaineer to summit six peaks over 8,000 meters in the year 2018. [1] Arjun climbed Mount Everest in 2010 at the age of 16 years, 11 months and 18 days, becoming the youngest Indian to climb Everest at that time. [2]