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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.