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{{short description|Indian mountaineer}}
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| main_discipline = Lawyer
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| birth_date = 7 July 1966
| birth_place = [[Dhenkanal, India|Dhenkanal]], [[Odisha]], [[India]]
| death_date = 23 May 2019 (aged 52)
| death_place = Mount Everest
| nationality = Indian
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| notable_ascents = [[Denali]], <br> [[Mount Kilimanjaro]], <br> [[Mount Everest]]
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'''Kalpana Dash''' (7 July 1966 - 23 May 2019) was an Indian lawyer and mountaineer. She was the first [[Odia people|Odia]] mountaineer to scale [[Mount Everest]]. She scaled Mount Everest on 21 May 2008, along with a team of five members from the [[United States]], [[Canada]] and [[Nepal]].

She had attempted to climb Mount Everest twice before, once in 2004 and once in 2006, but failed due to bad weather and health conditions.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/first-oriya-woman-on-top-of-world-kalpana-from-dhenkanal-third-time-lucky-to-reach-mount-everest/cid/582150|title=First Oriya woman on top of world - Kalpana from Dhenkanal third time lucky to reach Mount Everest|date=May 22, 2008|access-date=February 11, 2020|publisher=[[The Telegraph (Kolkata)]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://dhenkanal.nic.in/Mountaineer_Kalpana.htm|title=The first Odia Girl Miss Kalpana Dash reached world's highest peak the Mount Everest on 21st. May-2008.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170901160932/http://dhenkanal.nic.in/Mountaineer_Kalpana.htm|archive-date=September 1, 2017|access-date=February 8, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.everestnews.com/everest2008/arun2everest05212008.htm|title=Everest 2008: More Aurn Trek climbers summits with 3 Sherpas|website=Everestnews.com|access-date=2 June 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://oriyanari.com/id38.html|title=Kalpana Dash – the First Odia to Conquer Mt. Everest|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121222035010/http://oriyanari.com/id38.html|archive-date=December 22, 2012|access-date=February 11, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/sports/everest-climber-kalpana-das-gets-warm-welcome-in-orissa_10057894.html|title=Everest climber Kalpana Das gets warm welcome in Orissa|website=Thaindian.com|access-date=2 June 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://odishanewstoday.com/news/549-govt-apathy-kalpana-dash-resorts-to-begging.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120524093559/http://odishanewstoday.com/news/549-govt-apathy-kalpana-dash-resorts-to-begging.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=24 May 2012|title=Govt Apathy: Kalpana Dash resorts to Begging|date=24 May 2012|access-date=2 June 2019}}</ref>

==Death==
On 23 May 2019, Dash again summited Everest with two others, but became ill on the descent and died just above the balcony of Mount Everest.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/other-sports/mount-everest-climber-deaths-kalpana-das-odisha-traffic-summit-safety-concerns-anjali-kulkarni-nihal-bagwan-nepal-tourism-news/article27238379.ece|title=Everest deaths: Odisha mountaineer Kalpana Das dies, traffic at summit sparks safety concerns|date=May 24, 2019|access-date=February 11, 2020|work=[[The Hindu]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/odisha/2019/may/24/odishas-first-woman-mountaineer-kalpana-dies-1981118.html|title=Odisha's first woman mountaineer Kalpana dies|date=May 24, 2019|access-date=February 11, 2020|publisher=[[New Indian Express]]}}</ref>

The cause of her death was the unusual congestion near the summit of Mount Everest because of a narrow climbing window made narrower by severe weather conditions and the Nepal government issuing permits to several hundred climbers. <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2019/05/24/mount-everest-has-gotten-so-crowded-that-climbers-are-perishing-traffic-jams/|title=Mount Everest has gotten so crowded that climbers are perishing in the traffic jams|first=Siobhan|last=O'Grady|date=May 25, 2019|access-date=February 11, 2020|work=[[Washington Post]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/three-more-dead-everest-amid-concerns-about-congestion-near-summit-n1009586|title=British man and three other climbers die on Everest amid concerns about crowding near the summit|first1=Saphora|last1=Smith|first2=Phil|last2=McCausland|date=May 26, 2019|access-date=February 11, 2020|publisher=[[NBC News]]}}</ref>At least 11 climbers — many of them veteran mountain climbers like Dash — from Nepal, Europe, United States and India died during the 2019 climbing season in April and May 2019.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/29/world/asia/everest-deaths.html|title=These Are the Victims of a Deadly Climbing Season on Mount Everest|first1=Karen|last1=Zraick|first2=Derrick Bryson |last2=Taylor|date=May 29, 2019|access-date=February 11, 2020|work=[[New York Times]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/may/23/congestion-mount-everest-backlog-climbers-death-zone|title=Congestion on Everest leads to backlog of climbers in 'death zone'|first=Kevin|last=Rawlinson|date=May 23, 2019|access-date=February 11, 2020|work=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref> Donald Cash from [[Utah]] in the [[United States]] and Anjali Kulkarni from India were among those who died in the same week as Dash. <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/24/world/asia/mount-everest-deaths.html|title=Three More Die on Mount Everest During Crowded Climbing Season|first1=Bhadra|last1=Sharma|first2=Austin|last2=Ramzy|date=May 24, 2019|access-date=February 19, 2020|work=[[New York Times]]}}</ref>

Her body was recovered by [[Sherpa people|Sherpas]] and brought to India.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.odishabytes.com/odisha-mountaineer-kalpana-dash-dies-on-mt-everst/|title=Odisha Mountaineer Kalpana Dash Dies On Mt Everest|date=23 May 2019|website=Odishabytes.com|access-date=2 June 2019}}</ref>

==Expeditions==
* [[Denali]] - North America's highest peak 2010 (unsuccessful attempt)
* [[Mount Kilimanjaro]]- Africa's highest peak - 5,895 m successfully summited on 9 October 2014
* [[Aconcagua]] - South America's highest peak - 6,962 m successfully summited on 16 January 2015
* [[Mount Elbrus]] - Europe's Highest peak - 5,642 m successfully summited on dated 31 July 2015
* [[Mount Kosciuszko]] - Australia's highest peak 2,228 m successfully summited on 3 December 2015

==See also==
*[[Indian summiters of Mount Everest - Year wise]]
*[[List of Mount Everest summiters by number of times to the summit]]
*[[List of Mount Everest records of India]]
*[[List of Mount Everest records]]
*[[List of people who died climbing Mount Everest]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Indian mountaineers}}

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[[Category:1966 births]]
[[Category:2019 deaths]]
[[Category:Indian female mountain climbers]]
[[Category:Indian mountain climbers]]
[[Category:Sportswomen from Odisha]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian women]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian people]]
[[Category:Indian summiters of Mount Everest]]
[[Category:Deceased Everest summiters]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian women]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian people]]

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>Scorpions13256 at 17:52, 24 June 2021