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Phu Dorjee Sherpa was the first Nepali man and 23rd person in the world to climb Mount Everest. [2] He was a member of the third Indian Everest Expedition 1965, led by Captain M S Kohli, which was the first successful Indian Everest Expedition. The group consisted of 21 major expedition members and 50 Sherpas.
Choudhary is a trained mountaineer and polar explorer. Among his notable achievements are: Mount Everest (8,848.86 m): Neeraj successfully summited the world's highest peak in 31 May 2021 as part of an expedition organized by the Indian Mountaineering Foundation, under the aegis of Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Govt of India, shortly after recovering from COVID-19.
Colonel Narendra [a] Kumar, PVSM, KC, AVSM, FRGS (8 December 1933 – 31 December 2020) was an Indian soldier and mountaineer. [1] [2] He is known for his expeditions across various mountain ranges such as the Himalayas and Karakorams, and respective subranges such as the Pir Panjals and Saltoro Mountains.
The first Indian woman to climb Mount Everest. [2] 10 May 1993 Santosh Yadav: The first woman to climb Mount Everest twice. She climbed to the summit for the second time and became the first woman in the world to ever climb Mount Everest twice. Her first summit was in 1992 as part of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police Expedition to Mount Everest [3]
The 2012 Indian Army Women Everest Expedition led by Lt. Colonel Ajay Kothiyal recorded a total of 28 persons reach on the summit, 15 of them was Indians and 13 sherpas. Unnikannan was a member of this expedition but did not do the summit bid, [ 5 ] [ 6 ] [ 7 ]
Nawang Gombu (1 May 1936 – 24 April 2011) [3] [4] was a Sherpa mountaineer who was the first man in the world to have climbed Mount Everest twice.. Gombu was born in Minzu, Tibet and later became an Indian citizen, as did many of his relatives including his uncle Tenzing Norgay.
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The Expedition was also inline with honouring the India's first successful expedition to Mount Everest led by legend of Indian Mountaineering Capt MS Kohli (IN)in May 1965. the expedition team consisted of 18 climbers and 06 support team. 04 climbers from Team A which includes Lt Anant Kukreti, Lt Cdr C S Yadav, Lt Shashank Tewari and Bikas ...