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 Mt Everest from Kangshung Face.[2] She first climbed the peak in May 1992 and then did it again in May 1993.
Early life and EducationShe was born in 1969 in Rewari District of Haryana state in India. She is an alumnus of Maharani College, Jaipur. Living in Kasturba Hostel she joined Uttarkashi's Nehru Institute of Mountaineering. In her own wordsThe hostel was facing the Aravallis. I used to watch villagers from my room going up. But after a while they used to disappear. One day, I decided to check up myself. There was nobody but a few mountaineers. I asked them if I could join. Their surprising affirmative answer motivated me to take to climbing. I saved money and enrolled for a course at Uttarkashi's Nehru Institute of Mountaineering
While studying she prepared herself to climb two greatest peak in life namely, mountaineering and Indian Civil Services and was successful in both. She prepared for her IAS exams in a hostel provided by Indian Mountaineering Federation at Connaught Place, New Delhi. Cureently she is an officer in Indo-Tibetan Border Police. She was conferred Padma Shri award in 2000.
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Santosh Yadav
She was given the Padma Shri award in 2000.
Santosh yadavThe second Indian woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest was Santosh Yadav on the 12th May 1992.The second Indian woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest was Santosh Yadav, she did so on the 12th May 1992.
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The first woman to climb Mount Everest twice was Santosh Yadav from India. She climbed Mount Everest in 1992 and 1993.
The first Indian woman to have climbed Mount Everest twice was Santosh Yadav. She did so in 1992 and 1993.
Santosh Yadav was the first Indian woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest in 1992