Savita Kanswal becomes first woman in India to successfully climb Mt Everest and Mt Makalu in just 16 days.

July 26, 2022

Savita Kanswal, a 26-year-old girl from Lonthru village in Uttarakhand’s Uttarkashi, has become the first woman in India who has successfully climbed Mt. Everest and Mt. Makalu in just 16 days.
Her passion started in Class 11 when she got a chance for a 10-day Adventure Foundation Course. It was the course where her love for mountains began.
She has done her mountaineering course from the NIM (Nehru Mountaineering Institute), Uttarkashi.
She climbed Mt. Everest (8848 m) on May 12, 2022. On the 16th day, she climbed Mt. Makalu (8485 m) on May 28, 2022.
Even she climbed Mt. Lhotse becoming the first woman from Uttarakhand and second from India to climb successfully.