The height of endeavor
3 years ago

The height of endeavor

China Daily  

On May 14, 2018, Chinese double amputee climber Xia Boyu reached the world's highest summit from the south side in Nepal, at the age of 69. Climber, 69, conquers the world's tallest peak with artificial legs having lost them to frostbite on a previous attempt, Xu Lin reports. He is the first Chinese double amputee climber to conquer the mountain. On May 14, 2018, he reached the world's highest summit from the south side in Nepal, at an age when most people are taking life easy.

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17-year-old Mumbai teen conquers seven highest peaks on seven continents
Top News
1 week, 3 days ago

17-year-old Mumbai teen conquers seven highest peaks on seven continents

India Today  

Kaamya Karthikeyan, a Class 12 student from Navy Children's School, Mumbai, has achieved the sensational feat of becoming the youngest female to scale the highest peaks on all seven continents. At just 17 years old, Kaamya completed the Seven Summits Challenge by climbing Mt Vinson in Antarctica on December 24, 2024, alongside her father, Commander S Karthikeyan. Her journey included …

Hyderabad teen summits highest peak in Antarctica
1 month ago

Hyderabad teen summits highest peak in Antarctica

The Hindu  

At 16, when many of his age group wouldn’t have seen even a snow-clad mountain, Padakanti Vishwanath Karthikey charted out his own route to history to become the youngest Indian to summit Mt Vinson Massif, the highest peak in Antarctica. The 11th Standard student of Resonance Junior College in Hyderabad, achieved this magnificent feat last Tuesday as part of the …

Aim high, even if you don’t have a head for heights
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Aim high, even if you don’t have a head for heights

The Independent  

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Yet a week on, I already miss the high life: hiking the Great Himalayan Trail against the backdrop of world’s …

Nepalese Sherpa, 18, Breaks World Record by Climbing 14 Peaks Above 8,000 Meters
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Nepalese Sherpa, 18, Breaks World Record by Climbing 14 Peaks Above 8,000 Meters

China Daily  

Nepalese mountaineer Nima Rinji Sherpa has achieved a remarkable feat by becoming the youngest person in the world to summit all 14 peaks above 8,000 meters. He reached the summit of Mount Shishapangma in the Xizang autonomous region, China, on the morning of Oct 9. With this accomplishment, Sherpa has overtaken his uncle, Mingma Gyabu Sherpa, for the world record. …

A record-setting teen climber returns home to Nepal to a hero's welcome
2 months, 3 weeks ago

A record-setting teen climber returns home to Nepal to a hero's welcome

The Independent  

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Nepalese teenager sets world record by climbing all 14 of Earth’s highest peaks
2 months, 4 weeks ago

Nepalese teenager sets world record by climbing all 14 of Earth’s highest peaks

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Nima Rinji Sherpa set the record after reaching the …

Nepali becomes youngest to climb world's 8,000 m peaks
3 months ago

Nepali becomes youngest to climb world's 8,000 m peaks

The Hindu  

An 18-year-old Nepali mountaineer on Wednesday broke the record for the youngest person to summit all 14 of the world's 8,000-metre peaks, his team said. Nima Rinji Sherpa reached the summit of Tibet's 8,027-metre-high Shisha Pangma on Wednesday morning, completing his mission to stand on the world's highest peaks. 'Proud moment' Nima Rinji Sherpa, who already holds multiple records from …

Sherpa summits highest peak for 30th time
6 months, 4 weeks ago

Sherpa summits highest peak for 30th time

China Daily  

Trailblazing climber Kami Rita Sherpa reached the top of Mount Qomolangma, also known as Mount Everest, for the 30th time on May 22, breaking his own record for the most summits of the world's highest mountain. Following Kami Rita is another Sherpa — Pasang Dawa — who has 27 summit titles on the world's highest mountain. Paterson and Pastenji "heroically …

Bhopal-Based Jyoti Ratre Becomes Oldest Indian Woman To Climb Everest At 55
7 months, 1 week ago

Bhopal-Based Jyoti Ratre Becomes Oldest Indian Woman To Climb Everest At 55

ABP News  

When most people plan to retire at the age of 55, Bhopal-based entrepreneur turned mountaineer Jyoti Ratre surprises society by scaling the world’s highest peak Mount Everest. After several other big and small summits Jyoti aimed for Mount Everest in 2023, but hazardous weather made her descend after climbing 8,199 meters. 'Bigger Than She Imagine': Summit To Mount Everest Even …

Nepal’s Kami Rita Sherpa Scales Everest For Record 30th Time
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Nepal’s Kami Rita Sherpa Scales Everest For Record 30th Time

News 18  

A Nepali sherpa guide scaled the summit of Mount Everest for a record 30th time on Wednesday, an official said, while two climbers went missing while descending from the world’s tallest peak. Kami Rita Sherpa, 54, reached the 8,849-metre peak by the traditional southeast ridge route, Nepali tourism official Khim Lal Gautam said. He “broke his own record … this …

Navy officer's daughter, 16, is youngest Indian to scale Mount Everest from Nepal side
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Navy officer's daughter, 16, is youngest Indian to scale Mount Everest from Nepal side

India Today  

A 16-year-old girl from Mumbai successfully scaled Mount Everest, becoming the youngest Indian mountaineer to scale the world's highest peak from the Nepal side, the Indian Navy said on Thursday. Kaamya Karthikeyan, a Class 12 student from Navy Children School in Mumbai, along with her father Cdr S Karthikeyan, embarked on their expedition to climb Mount Everest on April 3, …

Nepal’s ‘Everest Man’ beats own record by climbing summit for 29th time
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Nepal’s ‘Everest Man’ beats own record by climbing summit for 29th time

Al Jazeera  

Kami Rita and fellow Sherpa guide Pasang Dawa have been competing for the title of most climbs of the world’s highest peak. One of the world’s most skilled climbing guides on Mount Everest has reached the Earth’s highest peak for the 29th time, beating his own record for most times to the summit, according to expedition organisers. “Back again for …

Kenton Cool/Kami Rita Sherpa: Nepali and British climbers break their own records with successful Everest ascents
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Kenton Cool/Kami Rita Sherpa: Nepali and British climbers break their own records with successful Everest ascents

CNN  

CNN — A British climber and a Nepali guide have broken their own records for most climbs of Mount Everest, the world’s highest mountain, hiking officials said on Sunday. Rakesh Gurung, director of Nepal’s Department of Tourism, said Britain’s Kenton Cool, 50, and Nepali guide Kami Rita Sherpa, 54, climbed the 8,849-meter peak for the 18th and 29th time, respectively. …

How a mountaineering team climbed the highest peak in every Indian state
1 year, 2 months ago

How a mountaineering team climbed the highest peak in every Indian state

Live Mint  

As the nation celebrated its 75th Independence Day last year, Colonel Ranveer Singh Jamwal started looking for a unique climb to mark the occasion. The idea that he finally hit upon, turned out to be his longest expedition yet—the highest peak in every Indian state. “And of course, since nobody had done anything like this before, it was an added …

Norwegian climber denies leaving dying guide behind to break world record at K2 peak
1 year, 4 months ago

Norwegian climber denies leaving dying guide behind to break world record at K2 peak

Hindustan Times  

Record-breaking Norwegian montaineer Kristin Harila denied the allegations that she and her team climbed over a dying guide to reach the K2 summit in Pakistan in a bid to become the world's fastest climber to climb all the peaks over 8,000 metres. Norwegian climber Kristin Harila, left, and her Nepali sherpa guide Tenjen Sherpa, right, who climbed the world's 14 …

Record-setting Sherpa guide sets a new climbing goal for the world's highest peaks
1 year, 5 months ago

Record-setting Sherpa guide sets a new climbing goal for the world's highest peaks

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A Sherpa guide who climbed …

First man with AS scales world's highest mountain
1 year, 6 months ago

First man with AS scales world's highest mountain

China Daily  

Wang teaches at an outdoor club for young people he established in 2013 to help more kids get close to nature. CHINA DAILY Hope ignited The teenage boy fell into a deep depression and became suicidal due to continuous pain and desperation, that is, until he watched the movie Forrest Gump at school and was inspired. As a father of …

Mount Everest conquest 70th anniversary: Rising climate concerns pose threat to world's highest mountain
1 year, 7 months ago

Mount Everest conquest 70th anniversary: Rising climate concerns pose threat to world's highest mountain

India TV News  

As the highest peak in the world celebrates its 70th anniversary there is growing concern about global warming which on the world’s tallest mountain. “The effects of climate change are hitting not just the fishes of Antarctica, the whales or the penguins, but it’s having a direct impact on the Himalayan mountains and the people there,” said Ang Tshering, a …

Sherpa guide who climbed Mount Everest a record 28 times says he’s not ready to retire
1 year, 7 months ago

Sherpa guide who climbed Mount Everest a record 28 times says he’s not ready to retire

Associated Press  

KATHMANDU, Nepal — One of the greatest mountain guides said Thursday he’s not ready to retire after climbing Mount Everest for a record 28th time. Nepalese Sherpa Kami Rita reached the 8,849-meter summit of the world’s highest mountain on Tuesday, beating his own record less than a week after setting it. Kami Rita reached the summit a day after fellow …

Sherpa climbs Mount Everest for the record 28th time
55 years ago

Sherpa climbs Mount Everest for the record 28th time

CNN  

A Nepali sherpa reached the summit of Mount Everest for a record 28th time on Tuesday, an official said, completing his second ascent in just a week, as the toll in this year’s climbing season reached 11. Kami Rita Sherpa, 53, reached the 8,849-meter summit by the traditional southeast ridge route, said Nepali tourism official Bigyan Koirala, following his 27th …

Nepali sherpa Kami Rita scales Everest for record 28th time; death toll at 11
1 year, 7 months ago

Nepali sherpa Kami Rita scales Everest for record 28th time; death toll at 11

The Hindu  

A Nepali sherpa reached the summit of Mount Everest for a record 28th time on May 23, an official said, completing his second ascent in just a week, as the toll in this year's climbing season reached 11. Kami Rita Sherpa, 53, reached the 8,849-metre summit by the traditional southeast ridge route, said Nepali tourism official Bigyan Koirala, following his …

Double amputee Gurkha veteran makes history by scaling Mount Everest
1 year, 7 months ago

Double amputee Gurkha veteran makes history by scaling Mount Everest

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. While climbing up, the veteran and his crew faced …

Famous Nepalese Sherpa guide sets world record, scales Mt Everest for 27th time
1 year, 7 months ago

Famous Nepalese Sherpa guide sets world record, scales Mt Everest for 27th time

Firstpost  

Kathmandu: World-renowned Nepalese mountaineer Kami Rita Sherpa scaled Mt Everest for a record 27th time on Wednesday, beating his own record with the highest number of ascends on the world’s highest peak. Pasang Dawa Sherpa, 46, a fellow Sherpa guide, scaled the summit of Mount Everest on Sunday for the 26th time, equalling Kami Rita’s previous record for the most …

Nepal’s Sherpa guide regains title for most climbs of Mount Everest after 27th trip
1 year, 7 months ago

Nepal’s Sherpa guide regains title for most climbs of Mount Everest after 27th trip

The Hindu  

One of the greatest mountain guides regained his title for the most climbs of Mount Everest after scaling the peak for the 27th time on May 17, just three days after a fellow Sherpa climber had equalled his previous record. Kami Rita, 53, reached the 8,849-metre summit guiding a group of climbers on the world’s highest mountain, and was safe …

Nepal’s Sherpa guide regains title for most climbs of Mount Everest after 27th trip
1 year, 7 months ago

Nepal’s Sherpa guide regains title for most climbs of Mount Everest after 27th trip

Associated Press  

KATHMANDU, Nepal — One of the greatest mountain guides regained his title for the most climbs of Mount Everest after scaling the peak for the 27th time on Wednesday, just three days after a fellow Sherpa climber had equalled his previous record. Kami Rita, 53, reached the 8,849-meter summit guiding a group of climbers on the world’s highest mountain, and …

‘Everest Man’: Nepalese Sherpa climbs summit for record 27th time
1 year, 7 months ago

‘Everest Man’: Nepalese Sherpa climbs summit for record 27th time

Al Jazeera  

Kami Rita reclaims his record after another Nepalese Sherpa tied it by reaching the Himalayan peak for the 26th time on Sunday. Nepalese climber Kami Rita Sherpa has reached the top of Mount Everest for the 27th time, reclaiming the record for the most summits of the world’s highest mountain, a government official and his hiking company said. “Yes, Kami …

Sherpa climbs Everest 26th time, matching record set by fellow Nepalese guide
1 year, 7 months ago

Sherpa climbs Everest 26th time, matching record set by fellow Nepalese guide

Associated Press  

KATHMANDU, Nepal — A Sherpa guide scaled Mount Everest on Sunday for the 26th time, matching the record set by a fellow Nepalese guide for the most ascents of the world’s highest peak. The season’s first wave of climbers reached the summit this weekend as Sherpa guides fixed ropes and made paths for the hundreds of climbers who will attempt …

Nepali Sherpa Pasang Dawa climbs Mt Everest record 26th time
1 year, 7 months ago

Nepali Sherpa Pasang Dawa climbs Mt Everest record 26th time

Al Jazeera  

A Nepali Sherpa guide climbed Mount Everest for the 26th time, officials said, matching the record set by a fellow Nepalese guide, Kami Rita Sherpa, for the most ascents of the world’s highest peak. Pasang Dawa Sherpa, 46, stood atop the 8,849-metre peak on Sunday, becoming the world’s second person to achieve the feat, Bigyan Koirala, a government tourism official, …

US climber dies on Everest in season's fourth fatality
1 year, 8 months ago

US climber dies on Everest in season's fourth fatality

Deccan Chronicle  

Kathmandu: A US mountaineer has died on Everest in the fourth fatality on the world's highest peak this climbing season. Beyul Adventure is a local partner of US-based expedition organiser International Mountain Guides, which confirmed "with deep sorrow" Sugarman's death. This year's spring climbing season on Everest had a tragic start last month with the death of three Nepali climbers. …

She's Just 24 & Has Already Made Climbing Records. Now, this Telangana Darebee is Ready to Scale an Antarctica Peak
2 years, 2 months ago

She's Just 24 & Has Already Made Climbing Records. Now, this Telangana Darebee is Ready to Scale an Antarctica Peak

News 18  

Twenty-four-year old Anvitha Reddy from Bhongir in Telangana has already conquered two out of the 14 death-zone summits in the world – Mount Everest and Mount Manaslu. The first Indian woman to summit Manaslu mountain in winter, she is gearing up to scale another peak, Mount Vinson, in Antarctica this winter. The MBA grad had joined a rock climbing institute …

Nepalese climber Sanu Sherpa sets record atop Pakistan mountain
2 years, 5 months ago

Nepalese climber Sanu Sherpa sets record atop Pakistan mountain

Al Jazeera  

Sherpa becomes the first person to climb the world’s 14 tallest peaks twice after reaching top of Gasherbrum II. A 47-year-old Nepalese Sherpa has set a climbing record by scaling all the world’s 14 peaks higher than 8,000 metres for a second time, according to his agency. “It feels so good to be in the mountain.” Nepali mountaineer Sanu Sherpa …

Everest: Why do people still climb the world’s highest peak?
2 years, 7 months ago

Everest: Why do people still climb the world’s highest peak?

Live Mint  

About five years ago, Somat Chetariya, 40, decided to revive his interest in geography. In Bisht’s home-town Kotdwar, Uttarakhand, people had little idea of Everest or why someone would want to climb it. My hope was that climbing Everest would help me secure a job,” says Dharmshaktu, whose stellar climbing resume did help him get a job with the Border …

Peak moments on Mount Qomolangma
2 years, 7 months ago

Peak moments on Mount Qomolangma

China Daily  

Dechen Ngodrup, head of the squad who leads the 13-member team to the summit of Mount Qomolangma, poses for a photo on May 4. SONAM DORJE/XINHUA Chinese scientific researchers on May 4 established an automatic meteorological monitoring station at an altitude of over 8,800 meters, making it the world's highest of its kind, on Mount Qomolangma, known in the West …

Peak moments on Mount Qomolangma
2 years, 7 months ago

Peak moments on Mount Qomolangma

China Daily  

Dechen Ngodrup, head of the squad who leads the 13-member team to the summit of Mount Qomolangma, poses for a photo on May 4. SONAM DORJE/XINHUA Chinese scientific researchers on May 4 established an automatic meteorological monitoring station at an altitude of over 8,800 meters, making it the world's highest of its kind, on Mount Qomolangma, known in the West …

Peak moments on Mount Qomolangma
2 years, 7 months ago

Peak moments on Mount Qomolangma

China Daily  

Dechen Ngodrup, head of the squad who leads the 13-member team to the summit of Mount Qomolangma, poses for a photo on May 4. SONAM DORJE/XINHUA Chinese scientific researchers on May 4 established an automatic meteorological monitoring station at an altitude of over 8,800 meters, making it the world's highest of its kind, on Mount Qomolangma, known in the West …

Peak moments on Mount Qomolangma
2 years, 7 months ago

Peak moments on Mount Qomolangma

China Daily  

Dechen Ngodrup, head of the squad who leads the 13-member team to the summit of Mount Qomolangma, poses for a photo on May 4. SONAM DORJE/XINHUA Chinese scientific researchers on May 4 established an automatic meteorological monitoring station at an altitude of over 8,800 meters, making it the world's highest of its kind, on Mount Qomolangma, known in the West …

Sherpa guide breaks own record scaling Everest for 26th time
2 years, 8 months ago

Sherpa guide breaks own record scaling Everest for 26th time

Associated Press  

KATHMANDU, Nepal — An experienced Nepalese Sherpa guide scaled Mount Everest for the 26th time breaking his own record for the most climbs of the world’s highest peak, expedition organizers said Sunday. Kami Rita reached the 8,849-meter summit on Saturday evening leading a group of Sherpa climbers who fixed ropes along the route so that hundreds of other climbers and …

The height of endeavor
3 years ago

The height of endeavor

China Daily  

On May 14, 2018, Chinese double amputee climber Xia Boyu reached the world's highest summit from the south side in Nepal, at the age of 69. Climber, 69, conquers the world's tallest peak with artificial legs having lost them to frostbite on a previous attempt, Xu Lin reports. He is the first Chinese double amputee climber to conquer the mountain. …

First Blind Asian to Scale Mount Everest Wants to Climb the Highest Peaks of Every Continent
3 years, 7 months ago

First Blind Asian to Scale Mount Everest Wants to Climb the Highest Peaks of Every Continent

News 18  

A Chinese climber who became the first blind Asian to scale Mount Everest says he aims to climb the highest peaks on all seven continents and then travel to the North and South Poles. Zhang Hong, 44, is also the third blind climber internationally to reach the world’s highest peak. Personally, I plan to try the grand slam in the …

China cancels Everest spring climb citing Covid concerns days after 'line of separation' move
3 years, 7 months ago

China cancels Everest spring climb citing Covid concerns days after 'line of separation' move

India Today  

China has decided to cancel the 2021 spring climbing season from the Tibetan side of Mount Everest, the world's tallest peak, because of coronavirus concerns, the official Xinhua news agency said on Saturday. The Himalayan nation of Nepal, which is so short of oxygen canisters it has asked mountaineers to bring back their empties, has issued a record 408 permits …

How a 46-year-old Visually-impaired Chinese Climber Aims to Summit Mount Everest
3 years, 8 months ago

How a 46-year-old Visually-impaired Chinese Climber Aims to Summit Mount Everest

News 18  

Zhang Hong, a 46-year-old visually-impaired Chinese climber, is attempting to summit Mt.Everest this spring, a company organising his expedition said. Everest, he will be the first Asian visually-impaired person to scale the world’s tallest peak,” Dawa Steven Sherpa, chief executive officer of Asian Trekking, one of the leading expedition organising companies in Nepal, told Xinhua news agency on Friday. Earlier, …

The Himalayan peak off limits to climbers
3 years, 10 months ago

The Himalayan peak off limits to climbers

BBC  

The Himalayan peak off limits to climbers Neelima Vallangi Climbing Machhapuchhare is forbidden, a rarity in a country like Nepal that has embraced mountain tourism so enthusiastically that even the world's highest point gets overcrowded. Machhapuchhare – which translates to "fishtail" – is an iconic 6,993m mountain in central Nepal's Annapurna range that contains three of the world's 10 highest …

Nepali team first to top K2, world’s 2nd tallest peak, in winter
3 years, 11 months ago

Nepali team first to top K2, world’s 2nd tallest peak, in winter

Al Jazeera  

The group of 10 Nepalis was the only successful team so far among dozens currently attempting to scale the mountain. A team of Nepalese climbers made history by scaling the world’s second-highest peak – Pakistan’s K2 – in the winter season, a local Alpine Club official said, on the same afternoon a Spanish mountaineer fell and died lower down the …

Mount Everest's Joint Measurement Marks New Milestone in Ties with Nepal: China
4 years, 1 month ago

Mount Everest's Joint Measurement Marks New Milestone in Ties with Nepal: China

News 18  

China on Wednesday termed its joint efforts with Nepal to measure Mount Everest's height as a new milestone for the burgeoning friendship between the two countries, with its official media saying it is a crucial step towards solving few remaining bilateral disputes. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian, during a media briefing here, said that the new height of Mt …

Mount Everest is 8,848.86 metres tall: Nepal & China after remeasurement
4 years, 1 month ago

Mount Everest is 8,848.86 metres tall: Nepal & China after remeasurement

Deccan Chronicle  

Kathmandu/Beijing: The world's highest peak is now taller by 86 centimetres, Nepal and China jointly announced on Tuesday after they remeasured Mt. The exact height of Mount Everest had been contested ever since a group of British surveyors in India declared the height of Peak XV, as it was initially called, to be 8,778 metres in 1847. The new height …

Mount Everest stands tall at 8848.86 metres; Nepal, China announce newly measured height
4 years, 1 month ago

Mount Everest stands tall at 8848.86 metres; Nepal, China announce newly measured height

India Today  

The newly measured height of Mount Everest is 8848.86 metres, Nepal and China jointly announced on Tuesday. President Xi Jinping and Nepali President Bidya Devi Bhandari exchanged congratulatory messages on Tuesday, jointly announcing the newly measured height of Mount #Qomolangma, world’s tallest peak --- 8,848.86 meters. Reading out President Xi Jinping’s message at the virtual event, Wang Yi is said, …

Nepal to announce new height of Mt Everest soon
4 years, 1 month ago

Nepal to announce new height of Mt Everest soon

India TV News  

Nepal is going to announce the new height of Mt Everest, the world's tallest peak, very soon. A Cabinet meeting on Wednesday evening gave nod to Nepal's Ministry of Land Management to announce the height of Everest and according to some media reports, as the peak has appeared taller than it was but no official confirmation yet. Nepal had started …

Highest peak in world to be remeasured
4 years, 8 months ago

Highest peak in world to be remeasured

China Daily  

A member of the survey team takes a photo with a full moon on a campsite at Mount Qomolangma, on May 7, 2020. Survey team sets out on challenging mission atop Mount Qomolangma China has launched its most comprehensive scientific survey of Mount Qomolangma, including remeasuring its height. More than 30 Chinese surveyors left base camp at Mount Qomolangma, known …

Meet Kaamya, 12-yr-old girl who became youngest person to summit Mount Aconcagua
4 years, 11 months ago

Meet Kaamya, 12-yr-old girl who became youngest person to summit Mount Aconcagua

India TV News  

A class 7th student studying in Mumbai’s Navy Children School, Kaamya Karthikeyan became the youngest mountaineer to scale Mount Aconcagua on February 1, 2020. Mount Aconcagua is the highest peak in South America and outside of Asia. The daughter of a Naval officer had earlier summited Mount Stok Kangri in the Himalayas and reached the base camp of Mount Everest …

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