Nationality Indian Ethnicity Bengali | Name Shipra Mazumdar | |
Known for Reaching the summit of Mt Everest |
Shipra Mazumdar is a Major in the Indian Army, and a member of the Indian Army women mountaineering team. She is a Bengali.
At 9:30 a.m. on June 2, 2005, she reached the summit of Mount Everest with three other members of the team. They climbed from Tibet, using the North Col route.
Another mountaineering team from the Indian Air Force had reached the summit on May 30. One member of that team, Squadron Leader S.S. Chaithanya, disappeared in a blizzard during the descent.
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