What challenges did Bachendri pal faced while climbing up the Everest.
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The day Bachendri conquered the Everest and a lot more
Thirty-six years ago, on this very day, Uttarakhand’s Bachendri Pal became the first Indian woman to scale the highest peak in the world, shattering many a glass ceiling. Every moment of that glorious day still fresh in her mind, Bachendri shares ...
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May 23, 1984 — it’s still fresh in her mind. Even after 36 years, she can recount it with all the details, to some extent thanks to the huge interest that people have in her inspiring story. “This morning (Friday) only I shared the story with someone,” she says.
On this day, Bachendri Pal became the first Indian woman to scale the Mount Everest, the highest peak in the world at 8,848m, and etched her name in history.
“It was a life-changing experience,” Pal tells ET Sport.
“I had set certain goals for myself and it was a struggle to achieve those goals. But now when I look back at those days now, it feels good.”
Bachendri Pal is probably the first name that schoolchildren in India find in their textbooks when they are taught about women empowerment. She not only broke the glass ceiling for women in Indian mountaineering, she went on to assume a leadership role and helped many others who dreamed of treading the same path.
“My life had two Everests,” says Pal, who was conferred Padma Bhushan last year.
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Beginning its ascent in early May 1984, her team almost met disaster when an avalanche buried its camp, and more than half the group was forced to abandon the ascent because of injury or fatigue.
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