A former national level volleyball player, Arunima Sinha, who had
lost one of her legs after being thrown off a moving train, created
history on Tuesday by becoming the first Indian amputee to conquer Mount
Everest. As a member of the Eco Everest Expedition from the Tata Group,
25-year-old Sinha reached the 8,848 metre-high summit of the world's
highest peak at 10.55am.
Arunima Sinha, a resident of Ambedkar Nagar in Uttar Pradesh, was
pushed out of the general compartment of Padmawati Express for resisting
a chain-snatching attempt by some criminals, while travelling from
Lucknow to Delhi on April 12, 2011. She was hit by a passing train and
was seriously injured.
She was hospitalised with serious leg and pelvic injuries and in a
bid to save her life, doctors had to amputate her left leg below the
knee. In an interview to an Indian TV channel before leaving for her
expedition, Sinha recollected how she had decided to get her life back
right in the hospital when she was recovering.
Arunima successfully scaled the 6,622-metre-high Mount Chhamser Kangri
of Ladakh last year, but her ultimate goal was to climb Mount Everest.
On Monday, two 21-year-old Indian sisters scripted history by becoming
the first twins ever to conquer the summit of Mount Everest together.
Tashi and Nancy Malik
from Dehra Dun achieved this feat along with other record-makers,
including the first women from Saudi Arabia and Pakistan to have climbed
the peak.
Source : Daily Bhaskar , 30th May 2013
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