nanda devi was the first indian woman who climbed mt.everest twice.
nanda devi was the first indian woman who climbed mt.everest twice.
the first indian woman who climbed mt.everest twice?
nanda devi
dicky dolma (born 5 april 1974) is an indian woman who is known for being the youngest woman to summit mount everest up to that time at the age of 19 on may 10, 1993. this occurred on the indo-nepal women's everest expedition. this indo-nepal women's everest expedition was led by bachendri pal who was the first indian woman to summit mount everest in 1984. dicky was also a skier and attended numerous sporting competitions including the 1989 all-india open auli ski festival and the asian winter games in 1999. she took ski training courses and basic mountaineering courses by the manali institute. in the same expedition as dicky dolma, santosh yadav summited mount everest for the second time, the first woman to summit twice. dolma came from palchan village near manali (in india).
dicky dolma
in 1978, the italian mountaineer reinhold messner was the first person to reach six of the seven summits (1971 puncak jaya, 1974 aconcagua, 1976 mt. mckinley (now denali), 1978 kilimanjaro, 1978 mt. everest). for messner, carstensz pyramid (puncak jaya) was the highest peak in australia (messner list), but in 1983, he climbed mt. kosciuszko to also satisfy the other geographic definition of australia. in the same year, messner climbed mt. elbrus and declared that this is the true highest peak of europe. this definition was quickly accepted by others in the mountaineering community. finally in 1986, he climbed mt. vinson. at that time, he was only the fifth person to reach the seven summits.in 1985, richard bass, a businessman and amateur mountaineer, was the first man to climb all seven summits. in only one year, 1983, he climbed six peaks: aconcagua, denali, kilimanjaro, mt. elbrus, mt. vinson and mt. kosciuszko. all of these climbs he did together with his companion frank wells and different mountain guides. beginning in 1983, bass and wells made various guided attempts to climb mt. everest, the highest and most difficult peak in the list. on 30 april 1985, bass reached the summit of mt. everest in a party without wells, guided by the american professional mountaineer david breashears. he then co-authored the book "seven summits", which covered the undertaking. later in 1985, american mountaineer gerry roach became the second person to climb the seven summits.
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