Narendra Kumar (mountaineer): Difference between revisions

Kumar was married to Mridula Sadgopal on 21 February 1966.{{Sfn|Kumar|2016|p=|loc=Genesis}} Their daughter, [[Shailaja Kumar]] (born 1967), competed in the [[India at the 1988 Winter Olympics|1988 Winter Olympics]] in Calgary, Canada in [[alpine skiing]], and was the first Indian female winter Olympian.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/chandigarh/in-search-of-glory/article1-1174205.aspx |title=In search of glory |publisher=Hindustan Times |access-date=8 March 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140313021159/http://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/chandigarh/in-search-of-glory/article1-1174205.aspx |archive-date=13 March 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rediff.com/sports/2006/feb/23ahuja.htm |title=Ahuja makes her mark in winter Olympics |work=Rediff.com |access-date=8 March 2014 |archive-date=1 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210101214135/https://www.rediff.com/sports/2006/feb/23ahuja.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> Their son, Akshay Kumar (1969–2020), ran Mercury Himalayan Explorations, an adventure travel and rafting company.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.openthemagazine.com/article/living/down-the-raging-river |title=Down the Raging River |date=2 December 2013 |publisher=OPEN Magazine |access-date=8 March 2014 |archive-date=1 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210101214126/https://openthemagazine.com/features/living/down-the-raging-river/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2007-09-18/india/27977369_1_siachen-charuhas-joshi-mukund-deodhar |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140108150002/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2007-09-18/india/27977369_1_siachen-charuhas-joshi-mukund-deodhar |url-status=dead |archive-date=8 January 2014 |title=Siachen trekking trip called off for now |date=18 September 2007 |work=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=8 March 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/india-ignores-pak-protest-on-siachen-tourism/48876-3.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222183431/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/india-ignores-pak-protest-on-siachen-tourism/48876-3.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=22 February 2014 |title=India ignores Pak protest on Siachen tourism |publisher=Ibnlive.in.com |date=18 September 2007 |access-date=8 March 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=Travel industry mourns the loss of Akshay Kumar|work=Economic Times Travel World|url=https://travel.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/travel-agents/inbound/travel-industry-mourns-the-loss-of-akshay-kumar/78143508|access-date=19 September 2020|archive-date=1 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210101214150/https://travel.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/travel-agents/inbound/travel-industry-mourns-the-loss-of-akshay-kumar/78143508|url-status=live}}</ref> In 1985, his youngest brother, [[Major]] K. I. Kumar also went on to ascend [[Mount Everest]]; however, he would die on a fall from a height of 8,500 m.<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":5" /> Kumar went to retrieve his brothers body, this would be his last time on Everest.

  | Bottom left: A 1965 Indian stamp dedicated to the 1965 Everest Expedition<ref>{{Cite web|title=First successful Indian Expedition of 1965- Commemorative Postage Stamp|url=https://www.istampgallery.com/indian-mount-everest-expedition/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210101214118/https://www.istampgallery.com/indian-mount-everest-expedition/|archive-date=1 January 2021|access-date=21 August 2019|website=www.istampgallery.com|date=22 January 2022}}</ref>}}