Woman climbs Everest
NZPA-Reuter Katmandu A physical education teacher, aged 29. became the first Indian woman to climb Mount Everest, the world’s highest mountain, the Nepalese Tourism Ministry said. Bachendri Pal, from Makuri village in Uttar Pradesh, in north India, is only the fifth woman to have reached the 8848-metre (29,028-foot) summit, the Ministry said. Ms Pal was accompanied by three men — Dorjee Lliatoo, aged 39. a mountaineering instructor from Darjeeling, Sonam Plazor Sarapa. aged 40, a policeman from Ladakh, and Sherpa Ang Dorje. Ang Dorje became the second man to have climbed Everest without oxygen. The team followed the traditional South Col route to the top.
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