Chhanda Gayen

Chhanda Gayen ( 9 July 1979 – 20 May 2014)[1] was a Bengali mountaineer, martial artist, explorer, and teacher of self-defense. She is best known for being the first civilian woman from the Indian state of West Bengal to climb to the summit of Mount Everest, at 7 A.M., 18 May 2013. She was awarded as "Sera Avishkar" in Sera Bengali 2013 from ABP Ananda (8 August 2013).[2][3][4][5][6]

Chhanda Gayen

Chhanda Gayen
Chhanda Gayen at Mt. Everest summit, 2013
Born(1979-07-09)July 9, 1979
West Bengal, India
DiedMay 20, 2014(2014-05-20) (aged 34)
Mount Kanchenjunga
Nationality
OccupationMountaineer
Known forSummiting Mount Everest

2014 avalanche

On 20 May 2014, she went missing along with two sherpas in an avalanche while descending the western side of Mount Kanchenjunga in Nepal.[7] All three of them were later declared to have died in the avalanche.[1]

Negotiating crevasse near Khumbu Icefalls

See also

References
  1. Parashar, Uptal (22 May 2014). "Woman climber, 2 Sherpas killed on Kanchenjunga". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
  2. Ghosh, Amrita (2012). "Fulfilling her father's dream". The Telegraph. Retrieved 21 August 2013.
  3. Sikdar, Bitan (2013). "Howrah woman on top of the world". The Telegraph. Retrieved 21 August 2013.
  4. "Mount Everest conquered by West Bengal's Chanda Gayen". The Indian Express. 2013. Retrieved 21 August 2013.
  5. Manik Banerjee. Woman mountaineer, Chanda Gayen from West Bengal climbs Mt. Everest. The Hyderabad Deccan 18 May 2013 "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 11 January 2014. Retrieved 2013-08-25.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. Mount Everest conquered by West Bengal's Chanda Gayen. Press Trust of India : Kolkata, Sat 18 May 2013
  7. "Mamata Banerjee heads to Nepal to rescue missing Indian Mountaineer Chhanda Gayen". IANS. news.biharprabha.com. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
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