Write down at least 3 points each on the following details about Santosh Yadav.
1. Her Family background
2. Her rebellion
3. Her education
4. Her mountaineering skills
5. Her achievements and awards.
Answers
Answer:
Santosh Yadav is an Indian mountaineer. She is the first woman in the world to climb Mount Everest twice,[1] and the first woman to successfully climb Mount Everest from Kangshung Face. She climbed the peak first in May 1992 and then again in May 1993 with an Indo-Nepalese Team.
During her Everest mission of 1992 she saved the life of another climber, Mohan Singh, by sharing oxygen with him. But tried to help a mountaineer who lay dying at South Col. She was unsuccessful in saving him.
Explanation:
1. Ms. SANTOSH YADAV was born on 10th October 1967 in village Joniyawas of Rewari District in Haryana. Inspite of her rural background and in the prevalent social taboo forbidding education of girls in rural set up, she was able to force her way and continue her schooling.
2. In 1999, Santosh Yadav led an Indian mountaineering expedition to Kangshung Face, Everest.[5]
In 2001, she led mountaineering team to East Face, Mount Everest.
3. Santosh went on an expedition every year and improved her skills gradually. She developed immunity to cold weather and heights. Santosh had thequalities of physical strength, mental strength and strong will power. In 1992, four years after her first casual climb on the Aravalli hills, she climbed Mount Everest.
4. Had she not been a mountaineer, Padmashri award winner Santosh Yadav (48) would have been an environmentalist. She was the first woman to climb the 29,035 feet high Mount Everest twice, in 1992 and 1993, and the first woman to climb it from its Kangshung face.
Answer:
Santosh Yadav is an Indian mountaineer. She is the first woman in the world to climb Mount Everest twice,[1] and the first woman to successfully climb Mount Everest from Kangshung Face. She climbed the peak first in May 1992 and then again in May 1993 with an Indo-Nepalese Team.
During her Everest mission of 1992 she saved the life of another climber, Mohan Singh, by sharing oxygen with him. But tried to help a mountaineer who lay dying at South Co[2]