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| name = Santosh Yadav | | name = Santosh Yadav | ||
| image = The renowned mountaineer, Smt. Santosh Yadav releasing a book ‘Parvatarohan Ka Romanch’, brought by the Publications Division, in New Delhi on September 04, 2008 (cropped).jpg | | image = The renowned mountaineer, Smt. Santosh Yadav releasing a book ‘Parvatarohan Ka Romanch’, brought by the Publications Division, in New Delhi on September 04, 2008 (cropped).jpg | ||
| caption = Yadav in 2008 | | caption = Santosh Yadav in 2008 | ||
| awards = | | awards = [[Padma Shri]] Award (2000) | ||
[[Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award]] (1994) | |||
| spouse = Utham Kumar Lal | | spouse = {{Marriage|Utham Kumar Lal|1992}} | ||
| occupation = [[Mountaineering|Mountaineer]] | | occupation = [[Mountaineering|Mountaineer]] | ||
| birth_name = | | birth_name = | ||
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| birth_place = [[Joniawas|Joniyawas]], [[Rewari]], [[Haryana]], India | | birth_place = [[Joniawas|Joniyawas]], [[Rewari]], [[Haryana]], India | ||
| parents = | | parents = | ||
| death_date = | | death_date = 20th January | ||
| death_place = | | death_place = | ||
| website = {{URL|https://santoshyadavmountaineer.com}} | | website = {{URL|https://santoshyadavmountaineer.com}} | ||
}} | }} | ||
'''Santosh Yadav''' (born 10 October 1967) is an Indian mountaineer. She is the first woman in the world to climb [[Mount Everest]] twice<ref name=iski>{{cite web|url=http://news.webindia123.com/news/ar_showdetails.asp?id=705110686&cat=&n_date=20070511 |title=Santosh Yadav feels motivated to climb Everest again |publisher=News.webindia123.com |date=2007-05-11 |access-date=2010-06-20}}</ref> and the first woman to successfully climb Mount Everest from [[Kangshung Face]]. | '''Santosh Yadav''' (born 10 October 1967) is an Indian mountaineer. She is the first woman in the world to climb [[Mount Everest]] twice<ref name=iski>{{cite web|url=http://news.webindia123.com/news/ar_showdetails.asp?id=705110686&cat=&n_date=20070511 |title=Santosh Yadav feels motivated to climb Everest again |publisher=News.webindia123.com |date=2007-05-11 |access-date=2010-06-20}}</ref> and the first woman to successfully climb Mount Everest from [[Kangshung Face]]. As a youth she criticized traditional societal beliefs including standards of dress for women. | ||
During her Everest mission | She was quoted as saying "from the very beginning I was quite determined that if I chose a correct and rational path, the others around me had to change, not me." She climbed Everest in May 1992 and in May 1993 with an Indo-Nepalese Team. | ||
During her Everest mission in 1992, she saved the life of a climber, Mohan Singh, by sharing oxygen with him. She also tried to help Saranjith, a fellow mountaineer who lay dying at the South Col but was unsuccessful.<ref>{{Cite book |title=Beehive: Textbook in English for class IX |publisher=Central Board of Secondary Education |year=2006 |isbn=81-7450-502-4 |location=New Delhi |page=102}}</ref> | |||
==Early life and education== | ==Early life and education== | ||
She was born in [[Joniawas|Joniyawas]] village in [[Rewari]] district of [[Haryana]] state, [[India]] as the sixth child in a family of five boys. She earlier attended a local village school and then moved to [[Delhi]] and got enrolled in a school there. | She was born in [[Joniawas|Joniyawas]] village in [[Rewari]] district of [[Haryana]] state, [[India]] as the sixth child in a family of five boys. She earlier attended a local village school and then moved to [[Delhi]] and got enrolled in a school there. Having a mind of studying a little bit more, she attended [[Maharani College]] in [[Jaipur]], where she was able to see mountaineers climbing [[Aravalli Range]] from her room. She was inspired by this to join Uttarkashi's [[Nehru Institute of Mountaineering]] while successfully continuing her studies for the [[Indian Administrative Service]] (IAS) exams in a hostel provided by the [[Amity University, Noida|Amity University]] at Noida.<ref>name="hindu">{{cite news duonnet.com/thehindu/mp/2003/05/29/stories/2003052901110400.htm |archive-date=2003-06-08 |title=n top of the world at Baluchi! |date=9 May 2003 |url-status=usurped</ref> Yadav's interest in mountaineering developed during her time at the university. | ||
==Career== | ==Career== | ||
In 1992, Yadav scaled [[Mount Everest]], when she was barely | In 1992, Santosh Yadav scaled [[Mount Everest]], when she was barely 25, becoming the youngest woman in the world to achieve this feat, a record which was broken by 13-year-old [[Malavath Purna|Purna]], in 2014.<ref>{{cite web |title=Meet Santosh Yadav, The World's First Woman To Have Scaled Mt Everest Twice |url=https://www.femina.in/trending/achievers/santosh-yadav-is-the-worlds-first-woman-to-have-scaled-mt-everest-twice-180693.html |website=femina.in |language=en}}</ref> Within twelve months, she became a member of an Indo-Nepalese Women's expedition and scaled Everest the second time (1993), thus setting the record as the first woman to have scaled Everest twice.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Bhatt|first=Apurva|date=February 4, 2002|title=Santosh Yadav: On top of the world... twice|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/delhi-times/santosh-yadav-on-top-of-the-world-twice/articleshow/2001629201.cms|access-date=8 November 2021}}</ref> She also remained as an officer in the [[Indo-Tibetan Border Police]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kamdar |first1=Seema |title='I became a mountaineer by fluke' |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/mumbai/news/i-became-a-mountaineer-by-fluke/article8312219.ece |work=The Hindu |date=4 March 2016 |language=en-IN}}</ref> She was a part of the nine-nation international climbing camp-cum-expedition to [[Nun Kun]] in 1989. Also, her being a fervent environmentalist, she collected 500 kg of dumped wastes from the Himalayas.<ref>{{cite web |title=Santosh Yadav |url=http://www.indiaspeakersbureau.in/santosh-yadav/ |website=India Speakers Bureau}}</ref> | ||
Santosh Yadav was awarded the [[Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award|National Adventure Award]] 1994 and [[Padma Shri]] in 2000.<ref name="t1994">{{cite press release|title=National Adventure Awards Announced|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/EDUCATION/1995-JAN-DEC-MO-YOUTH-AFFAIRS-&-SPORTS-NO-9/PDF/YTH-1995-07-20_034.pdf|publisher=Press Information Bureau, India|access-date=18 September 2020|date=20 July 1995}}</ref><ref name="iski" /> | Santosh Yadav was awarded the [[Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award|National Adventure Award]] 1994 and [[Padma Shri]] in 2000.<ref name="t1994">{{cite press release|title=National Adventure Awards Announced|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/EDUCATION/1995-JAN-DEC-MO-YOUTH-AFFAIRS-&-SPORTS-NO-9/PDF/YTH-1995-07-20_034.pdf|publisher=Press Information Bureau, India|access-date=18 September 2020|date=20 July 1995}}</ref><ref name="iski" /> | ||
==Expeditions== | ==Expeditions== | ||
*In 1999, Santosh Yadav led an Indian mountaineering expedition to [[Kangshung Face]], Everest. | *In 1999, Santosh Yadav led an Indian mountaineering expedition to [[Kangshung Face]], Everest. | ||
*In 2001, she led mountaineering team to East Face, Mount Everest. | *In 2001, she led a mountaineering team to East Face, Mount Everest. | ||
*In 2000, she received [[Padma shri]]. | |||
*In 1994, Santosh Yadav was awarded for [[National Adventure]] . | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
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*[[Dicky Dolma]] | *[[Dicky Dolma]] | ||
*[[Malavath Purna]] | *[[Malavath Purna]] | ||
== References == | == References == | ||
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[[Category:Living people]] | [[Category:Living people]] | ||
[[Category:Indian female mountain climbers]] | [[Category:Indian female mountain climbers]] | ||
[[Category:Recipients of the Padma Shri in sports]] | [[Category:Recipients of the Padma Shri in sports]] | ||
[[Category:Recipients of the Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award]] | [[Category:Recipients of the Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award]] | ||
[[Category:People from Rewari]] | [[Category:People from Rewari]] | ||
[[Category:Sportswomen from Haryana]] | [[Category:Sportswomen from Haryana]] | ||
[[Category:Indian | [[Category:Indian summiteers of Mount Everest]] | ||
[[Category:University of Rajasthan alumni]] | [[Category:University of Rajasthan alumni]] | ||
[[Category:20th-century Indian women]] | [[Category:20th-century Indian women]] | ||
[[Category:20th-century Indian people]] | [[Category:20th-century Indian people]] | ||
[[Category:Mountain climbers from Haryana]] | [[Category:Mountain climbers from Haryana]] | ||
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Santosh Yadav | |
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.jpg) Santosh Yadav in 2008 | |
| Born | 10 October 1967 |
| Died | 20th January |
| Occupation | Mountaineer |
| Spouse(s) | Utham Kumar Lal ( m. 1992) |
| Awards | Padma Shri Award (2000) Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award (1994) |
| Website | santoshyadavmountaineer |
Santosh Yadav (born 10 October 1967) 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 Mount Everest from Kangshung Face. As a youth she criticized traditional societal beliefs including standards of dress for women.
She was quoted as saying "from the very beginning I was quite determined that if I chose a correct and rational path, the others around me had to change, not me." She climbed Everest in May 1992 and in May 1993 with an Indo-Nepalese Team.
During her Everest mission in 1992, she saved the life of a climber, Mohan Singh, by sharing oxygen with him. She also tried to help Saranjith, a fellow mountaineer who lay dying at the South Col but was unsuccessful.[2]
Early life and education[edit | edit source]
She was born in Joniyawas village in Rewari district of Haryana state, India as the sixth child in a family of five boys. She earlier attended a local village school and then moved to Delhi and got enrolled in a school there. Having a mind of studying a little bit more, she attended Maharani College in Jaipur, where she was able to see mountaineers climbing Aravalli Range from her room. She was inspired by this to join Uttarkashi's Nehru Institute of Mountaineering while successfully continuing her studies for the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) exams in a hostel provided by the Amity University at Noida.[3] Yadav's interest in mountaineering developed during her time at the university.
Career[edit | edit source]
In 1992, Santosh Yadav scaled Mount Everest, when she was barely 25, becoming the youngest woman in the world to achieve this feat, a record which was broken by 13-year-old Purna, in 2014.[4] Within twelve months, she became a member of an Indo-Nepalese Women's expedition and scaled Everest the second time (1993), thus setting the record as the first woman to have scaled Everest twice.[5] She also remained as an officer in the Indo-Tibetan Border Police.[6] She was a part of the nine-nation international climbing camp-cum-expedition to Nun Kun in 1989. Also, her being a fervent environmentalist, she collected 500 kg of dumped wastes from the Himalayas.[7]
Santosh Yadav was awarded the National Adventure Award 1994 and Padma Shri in 2000.[8][1]
Expeditions[edit | edit source]
- In 1999, Santosh Yadav led an Indian mountaineering expedition to Kangshung Face, Everest.
- In 2001, she led a mountaineering team to East Face, Mount Everest.
- In 2000, she received Padma shri.
- In 1994, Santosh Yadav was awarded for National Adventure .
See also[edit | edit source]
- 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 20th-century summiters of Mount Everest
- Dicky Dolma
- Malavath Purna
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Santosh Yadav feels motivated to climb Everest again". News.webindia123.com. 11 May 2007. Retrieved 20 June 2010.
- ↑ Beehive: Textbook in English for class IX. New Delhi: Central Board of Secondary Education. 2006. p. 102. ISBN 81-7450-502-4.
- ↑ name="hindu">{{cite news duonnet.com/thehindu/mp/2003/05/29/stories/2003052901110400.htm |archive-date=2003-06-08 |title=n top of the world at Baluchi! |date=9 May 2003 |url-status=usurped
- ↑ "Meet Santosh Yadav, The World's First Woman To Have Scaled Mt Everest Twice". femina.in.
- ↑ Bhatt, Apurva (4 February 2002). "Santosh Yadav: On top of the world... twice". The Times of India. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
- ↑ Kamdar, Seema (4 March 2016). "'I became a mountaineer by fluke'". The Hindu.
- ↑ "Santosh Yadav". India Speakers Bureau.
- ↑ "National Adventure Awards Announced" (PDF) (Press release). Press Information Bureau, India. 20 July 1995. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
