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Aparna Kumar becomes first IPS Officer to complete ‘Seventh Summit’ Challenge
Aparna Kumar, a 2002 batch IPS officer from UP cadre, has created history by becoming the first civil servant and IPS officer to achieve the incredible and rare feat of completing ‘7 Summits’ challenge.She hoisted India’s tricolour on Mount Denali in Alaska, which is the highest peak of North America standing at 20,310 ft. She ..
Category: Summits and Conferences
Topics: Aparna Kumar • Book:Seven Summits • Eight Summits • Mountaineering • Mountains • Outdoor recreation • Patrick Morrow • Peak bagging • Seven Summits
Saray Khumalo becomes first black African woman to conquer Mt. Everest in her fourth attempt
Saray Khumalo, a Zambia-born Johannesburg resident, has become the first black African women to conquer the summit of Mount Everest, with an elevation of 8,848m, in her fourth attempt. She uses her expeditions to raise funds for libraries and support children’s educational activities in Africa. So far, she has managed to raise about $80,000 for ..
Topics: Book:Seven Summits • Climbers • Mountaineering • Outdoor recreation • Sibusiso Vilane
2018 International Mountain Day (IMD)
The International Mountain Day (IMD) is observed every year on December 11 to celebrate and bring awareness to the world’s mountain environments and the people and cultures that inhabit them. It is an opportunity to create awareness about the importance of mountains to life, to highlight the opportunities and constraints in mountain development and to ..
Topics: Calendars • Human behavior • Humans • Mountain Day • Mountains • Outdoor recreation