How Priyanka Mohite scaled the Himalayan peak of Annapurna I
3 years, 8 months ago

How Priyanka Mohite scaled the Himalayan peak of Annapurna I

Live Mint  

About a year ago, Priyanka Mohite, 28, would wake up every morning at 4:30am to the sound of her alarm crying out: “Mission 8,586 metres”. The little message was something that she had recorded, the altitude of Kangchenjunga, the third highest mountain in the world, that Mohite hoped to climb in the spring of 2020. I realised that to climb the second mountain, it was a frame of mind that I would have to get familiar with,” Mohite says. Climbing up fixed ropes on Annapurna I Mohite arrived at base camp with the experience of having summitted Everest, Lhotse and Makalu.

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Women’s Day 2023 Priyanka Mohite: No peak high enough
1 year, 10 months ago

Women’s Day 2023 Priyanka Mohite: No peak high enough

Hindustan Times  

From starting her mountaineering journey at a very young age to becoming the first Indian woman to scale five 8000ers, 30-year-old Priyanka Mohite’s sheer determination and hard work were instrumental in realising her mountaineering goals. Mountaineer Priyanka Mohite Mohite, who climbed Mt Everest at 20, recalls, “I became the first Indian woman to climb Mount Makalu, the world’s fifth-highest mountain, …

How Priyanka Mohite made history as the first Indian woman to scale 8,000-metre-high Mt Makalu
5 years, 6 months ago

How Priyanka Mohite made history as the first Indian woman to scale 8,000-metre-high Mt Makalu

Firstpost  

Priyanka Mohite, a 26-year-old mountaineer from Maharashtra’s Satara, became the first woman in India to scale Mt Makalu, the fifth highest mountain in the world at 8,485 metres. It’s been 35 years since Bachendri Pal became the first Indian woman to scale the Everest. But other 8,000-metre-high mountains like Makalu have remained relatively untouched, especially by Indian women, all of …

Priyanka Mohite scales Mount Makalu, praises pour in from Sachin Tendulkar and more
5 years, 7 months ago

Priyanka Mohite scales Mount Makalu, praises pour in from Sachin Tendulkar and more

The Hindu  

When Priyanka Mohite, a mountaineer from Satara, Maharashtra became the first Indian woman to successfully scale Mount Makalu — the fifth-highest mountain in the world at 8,481 metres — on Tuesday, she had expected a little bit of fanfare, but she could not have braced herself for the kind of attention she was going to get. Congratulations to Priyanka Mohite …

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