Savita Kanswal Death: Savita Kanswal was the first Indian woman who climbed Mount Everest and Mount Makalu within 16 days. She was killed in an avalanche that occurred in Uttarkashi on Tuesday.
Yesterday’s avalanche that struck Draupadi’s Danda-II mountain peak, Uttarakhand’s Uttarkashi, killed the 26-year-old mountaineer.
Col Amit Bisht, principal of the Uttarkashi-based Nehru Institute of Mountaineering(NIM), confirmed Kanswal’s death on Wednesday. Col Bisht stated that Kanswal was among the most respected instructors at the institute.
Kanswal was an instructor at the NIM in 2013. She had completed her search and rescue, mountaineering instructor, and advanced courses in 2013. Kanswal was part of the 41-member mountaineer team that was returning to the summit after being hit by an avalanche. Follow Fox24x7.com to get daily updates.
Savita Kanswal’s Accomplishments
Kanswal set a new national record by climbing Mount Makalu and Mount Everest in 16 days. In May, she was awarded the tricolour at the summit of Mount Makalu, the highest peak in the world. She climbed Mount Makalu on May 28, the fifth-highest peak in the world.
When the Dokrani Bamak glacier avalanche struck, the ace mountaineer was serving as an instructor at the institute’s advanced mountaineering program in Danda Peak.
Savita Kanswal, a woman mountaineer from India, successfully climbed Mount Lhotse (8516m), the fourth highest peak in the world, in 2021. This was under the Everest Massif expedition. Savita Kanswal is the second Indian woman mountaineer to lift the tricolor on Mount Lhotse.
Operation Rescue
Yesterday, a group of 41 mountaineers and Nehru Institute of Mountaineering instructors were trapped in an avalanche. 14 of them were rescued by the Indian Air Force, Army and Indian Tibetan Border Police, while the Joint Rescue Operation continues to search for survivors.
Savita Kanswal was an ace mountaineer who had previously set a national record climbing Mount Everest as well as Mount Makalu in 15 days. She was also among the victims of Draupadi ka Danda-II’s avalanche in Uttarkashi.
Savita Kanswal Death
Col Amit Bisht, principal of the Uttarkashi-based Nehru Institute of Mountaineering(NIM), confirmed her death Wednesday. Her body has been found among the four others so far.
After climbing the peak, a 41-member mountaineer team was returning to the summit when the avalanche struck on Tuesday. Kanswal was an instructor at NIM, and had accompanied the group of trainee climbers to Draupadi Ka Danda-II.
There was a lot of grief in Lonthru village, which was in the district, when the news of her death broke. Kanswal had earlier this year set a new national record by scaling Mount Makalu and Mount Everest in just 15 days.
Col Bisht stated that she had quickly made a name for herself in the world mountaineering, despite only being a relative newcomer to the sport. Kanswal had completed her advanced, basic, and search and rescue courses as well as the instructor’s course in mountaineering from NIM in.
Col Bisht stated that Kanswal was among the most respected instructors at the institute. She was born to Radheshyam Kanswal, Kamleshwari Devi, and was the youngest of their four sisters. Col Bisht said that Kanswal, despite her humble beginnings, was ambitious and had the determination and courage to achieve her dreams.
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