Mohan Singh Gunjyal

Mohan Singh Gunjyal
Born India
Occupation Mountaineer
Known for Summiting Mount Everest
Awards Padma Shri

Mohan Singh Gunjyal is an Indian mountaineer and adventure sportsman.[1][2] He is one of the summiters of Mount Everest, entering the list when he successfully climbed the highest peak in the world on 12 May 1992.[3] He achieved the feat, taking the Southeast ridge route via the south face, as a member of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police Everest expedition group, which included Santosh Yadav, the first woman to summit the peak twice within a year.[4] He is a former Assistant Commandant of Indo-Tibetan Border Police[1] and is the chief instructor of the adventure sports at GIO Adventures, a Dehradun based outdoor adventure group.[2] The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian honour of the Padma Shri, in 2006, for his contributions to the sport of mountaineering.[5]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Around the City". The Hindu. 31 January 2006. Retrieved December 15, 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Safety". Gio Adventures. 2015. Retrieved December 15, 2015.
  3. ↑ Reinhold Messner (2014). Everest: Expedition to the Ultimate. Vertebrate Publishing. p. 300. ISBN 9781910240212.
  4. ↑ "List of successful climbers". Everest Summiteers Association. 2015. Retrieved December 15, 2015.
  5. ↑ "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2015. Retrieved July 21, 2015.

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