Mountains and Mountaineering

Premlata Agarwal is an accomplished Indian mountaineer who became the first Indian woman to scale the Seven Summits, including Mount McKinley (Denali).

Mount Everest is officially recognized as the highest peak in the world above sea level.

At high altitudes, the concentration of oxygen in the air decreases, making it difficult to breathe. Mountaineers carry supplemental oxygen cylinders to maintain proper oxygen levels in their blood.

The mountain was named after Sir George Everest, a British surveyor who served as Surveyor General of India, after his team determined it was the highest peak.

Navigation tools like maps, compasses, and GPS are all essential for safety and orientation during mountain climbing.

Mount Everest is situated in the Himalayas, and its summit ridge marks the international border between Nepal and the Tibet Autonomous Region of China.

Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay Sherpa were the first confirmed individuals to reach the summit of Mount Everest on May 29, 1953.

Santosh Yadav is the first woman in the world to successfully climb Mount Everest twice, achieving this in 1992 and 1993.

A landslide is defined as the movement of a mass of rock, debris, or earth down a slope.

K2, the second-highest mountain in the world, is also known as Mount Godwin-Austen in honor of Henry Haversham Godwin-Austen.

K2 is the second-highest mountain in the world, following Mount Everest.

Premlata Agarwal is the first Indian woman to scale the Seven Summits, which are the highest peaks on each of the seven continents.

Crampons or spiked attachments on mountaineering boots provide traction on ice and snow, preventing the climber from slipping.

Bachendri Pal became the first Indian woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest in 1984.

• Bachendri Pal became the first Indian woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest in 1984.