Kalpana Dash
Kalpana Dash (born July 7, 1966, in Dhenkanal, Orissa) is an Indian lawyer and mountaineer. She was the first Odia mountaineer to scale Mount Everest. She scaled Mount Everest on 21 May 2008, along with a team of five members from the United States, Canada and Nepal.
She had attempted to climb Mount Everest twice before, once in 2004 and once in 2006, but failed due to bad weather and health conditions.
Acknowledging her achievement to the wishes of her well-wishers, Dash said, "It is due to God’s mercy and the best wishes of my family that I was able to scale Everest and returned safely. I’m happy and am keen to attempt climbing it again." Mount Denali-North America highest peak 2010 unsuccessful. Mount Kilimanjaro- South Africa highest peak Tanzania Range 5895 mtr successfully summited on dated 9th October 2014 (without oxygen) Mount Aconcagua - South America highest peak Andes Range 6962 mtr successfully summited on 16th January 2015 (without oxygen) Mount Elbrus - Europe Highest peak Caucasus Range 5642 mtr successfully summited on dated 31 july 2015 (without oxygen) Mount Kosciuszko - Australia Main Land 2228 mtr successfully summited on 3rd December 2015 (without oxygen),its a first new record with Indian Saree
References
- http://dhenkanal.nic.in/Mountaineer_Kalpana.htm
- http://www.everestnews.com/everest2008/arun2everest05212008.htm
- http://oriyanari.com/id38.html
- http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/sports/everest-climber-kalpana-das-gets-warm-welcome-in-orissa_10057894.html
- http://odishanewstoday.com/news/549-govt-apathy-kalpana-dash-resorts-to-begging.html (Govt Apathy: Kalpana Dash resorts to Begging)