First Indian woman to climb Mt. Everest twice. Know her story
By Neelajit Sarkar
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Santosh Yadav, The First Indian Woman To Have Scaled Mt Everest Twice
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Santosh Yadav’s first summit was back in 1992, she also become youngest woman in the world to climb the Everest
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During her 1992 Everest mission, she helped another climber by sharing her oxygen
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In the following next year she joined an Indo-Nepalese Women’s expedition to the Everest
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Santosh Yadav also became first woman to successfully climb Mount Everest from Kangshung Face
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Kangshung Face is the eastern-facing side of the peak, one of the Chinese sides of Mount Everest. It is considered to be a dangerous route of ascent to the summit
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Later, Yadav was awarded the National Adventure Award in 1994, now known as the Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award, India’s highest adventure sports honor
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Santosh was also awarded the Padma Shri, India’s fourth-highest civilian award, in 2000