Mountaineer
Summiting Mount Everest
Chhanda Gayen (Template:Langx; 9 July 1979 – 20 May 2014)[1] was an Indian mountaineer and martial artist. She is best known for being the first, and fastest, Indian to climb two eight-thousanders, Mount Everest and Lhotse, in one go, which she did on 18 May 2013.[2][3][4] She completed the traverse from the summit of Mount Everest to the summit of Lhotse in 22 hours.
Born in a Bengali family on 9 July 1979, Gayen was awarded "Sera Avishkar" in Sera Bengali 2013 from ABP Ananda, at the age of 24.[5][6][7][8][9]
2014 avalanche
On 20 May 2014, she went missing along with two sherpas in an avalanche while descending from the summit of Kanchenjunga in Nepal.[10] All three of them were later declared to have died in the avalanche.[1]
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
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Woman climber, 2 Sherpas killed on Kanchenjunga. Hindustan Times(22 May 2014).
- ↑ Woman Everest climber, Chhanda Gayen, goes missing while scaling Kanchenjunga, Bhabani, Soudhriti. India Today(May 22, 2014). Retrieved 2021-06-14.
- ↑ First civilian woman from Bengal to climb Everest missing on Kanchenjunga West. Firstpost(2014-05-23). Retrieved 2021-06-14.
- ↑ Mother clings to hope Chhanda will return. The Times of India(May 22, 2014). Retrieved 2021-06-14.
- ↑ Fulfilling her father's dream. The Telegraph.
- ↑ Howrah woman on top of the world. The Telegraph.
- ↑ Mount Everest conquered by West Bengal's Chanda Gayen. The Indian Express.
- ↑ Manik Banerjee. Woman mountaineer, Chanda Gayen from West Bengal climbs Mt. Everest. The Hyderabad Deccan 18 May 2013 Woman mountaineer, Chanda Gayen from West Bengal climbs Mt. Everest.
- ↑ Mount Everest conquered by West Bengal's Chanda Gayen. Press Trust of India : Kolkata, Sat 18 May 2013 [1]
- ↑ Mamata Banerjee heads to Nepal to rescue missing Indian Mountaineer Chhanda Gayen. news.biharprabha.com.
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