World Mountain Day: 10 women who made it to the top
Written By Wion Web Desk
Published: Dec 11, 2016, 04:10 IST | Updated: Dec 11, 2016, 04:10 IST
On World Mountain Day, here's a list of 10 gutsy women who dared to dream what was considered impossible in their day and in their age
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In 2016, Melissa Arnot became the first American woman to reach the top of Everest without the use of supplemental oxygen.
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India's Bachendri Pal was the first woman to reach the Everest summit in 1984.
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In 2013, Arunima Saha became the world?s first female amputee to reach the Everest summit.
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At the age of 48, Premlata became the oldest Indian woman to have scaled the Mount Everest in 2011.
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The youngest girl to reach the Everest summit, Malavath Purna was just 13 years and 11 months when she achieved the feat.
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India's Santosh Yadav was the first woman in the world to climb Mount Everest twice.
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In 1993, Dicky Dolma was the only climber to have successfully scaled the peak of Everest without completing an advanced course in mountaineering.
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Frence's Henriette d'Angeville became the first woman mountaineer to scale Mont Blanc without aid at the age of 45 in 1838. became the first woman m
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An American mountaineer, Annie S Peck tackled Mexico's Mount Orizaba in 1897.
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