REACH FOR THE TOP Santosh Yadav’s first mountain climbing

PART 1

SANTOSH YADAV
GROUP A Santosh Yadav being felicitated by the former
Prime Minister of India, IK Gujral.

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Santosh Yadav receiving Padma Shri from the

former and late President KR Narayanan.
A brief introduction to Santosh Yadav
Ms. SANTOSH YADAV was born on 10th
October 1967 in village Joniyawas of
Rewari District in Haryana.
In spite of her rural background and in the
prevalent social taboo forbidding education
of girls in rural set up, she was able to
force her way and continue her schooling.
Santosh demonstrated her will power and
proved her mountaineering skill quite early
in her career.
 Santosh Yadav's childhood
SANTOSH YADAV BIRTHPLACE - JONIAWAS
MOTHER NAME - JASMINE DEVI
FATHERS NAME - BEDAR RAMSINGH
YADAV
o She was born in Joniawas village in Rewari
district of Haryana in India.
o She was the sixth child in a family of five
boys.
o She was born in such a society where the
birth of a boy child is celebrated and is
o regarded
Despite her as circumstances,
a blessing whileSantosh
the birthdisplayed
of a an
girl child is not
unwavering willwelcomed.
and a fearless mind from a young age.
 A step in the right direction:

Her fight for education

o In line with the prevailing custom in the family, Santosh had
to make do with the local village school.
o Most of the girls in her village used to get married at sixteen.
Her parents also expected Santosh to do the same.
o She threatened her parents that she would never marry if
she did not get a proper education.
o She left home and got herself enrolled in a school in Delhi.
o When her parents refused to pay for her education, she
politely informed them of her plans to earn money by
working part time to pay her school fees.
o Her parents then agreed to pay for her education.
 Her education life
Santosh passed the high school
examinations in Delhi and went to
Jaipur.
She graduated from the Maharani
College in Jaipur, in Economic (Honors)
in 1987 and also obtained her NCC 'C'
Certificate, the following
She successfully year.
continued her studies for the Indian
Administrative Service (IAS) exams in a hostel provided by the
Amity University at Noida.
She then joined the Uttarkashi Nehru Institute of Mountaineering in
1986 and did her Basic Mountaineering Course from NIM with 'A'
Grading.
In the following year she did Advance Mountaineering Course from
the same institute, also with 'A' Grading.
 HER REASON AND MOTIVATION
TO START MOUNTAINEERING
▪ When Santosh lived in Kasturba hostel, she
could watch the villagers climbing Aravalli hills
from her room.
▪ She was fascinated by the sport of mountain
climbing when she saw the mountaineers
through her room’s window.
▪ She had an innate desire to achieve new heights right from childhood.
▪ The mountaineers agreed to let her join them and motivated her to
climb the mountain.
▪ She succeeded in climbing the mountain and went on to become the
first women to climb Mount Everest twice.
▪ Once she completed her training at Uttarkashi she went on expeditions
every year.
 SANTOSH YADAV’S 1st
• CLIMBING
When EXPERIENCE
Santosh Yadav first scaled Mt. Everest, she
became the youngest woman in the world to
achieve the feat.
• She climbed the peak first time in May 1992 and
again in May 1993 with an Indo-Nepalese Tram.
• During her Everest mission of 1992 she saved the
life of another climber, Mohan Singh, by sharing
oxygen with him.
• She also tried to help a mountaineer who lay
dying at the SouthHOW Col butSHE
was unsuccessful
FELT TOin
saving him.
REACH
Santosh asserted THE
that her TOPat the
feeling
summit of the Everest was “Indescribable”.
Unfurling the Indian flag on the top of the
world was a spiritual moment for her and she
felt proud as an Indian.
 I. The culmination of Santosh's hard work &
sincerity came in 1992. After 4 years Santosh
asked the Aravalli mountaineers if she could
join them.
II. At 20 years of age Santosh Yadav climbed
Mt. Everest & became the youngest woman
in the world to achieve the feat .
III. Her climbing skills , fitness, mental strength,
concern for others, desire to work together
impressed her seniors & found a special
place in hearts of fellow climbers.
BY MAYUKH
 I. Santosh Yadav is currently an officer in
the Indo-Tibetan Border Police. She was a part
of the nine-nation international climbing camp-
cum-expedition to Nun Kun in 1989.
II. Yadav was awarded the National Adventure
Award 1994 and Padma Shri in 2000.
SANTOSH YADAV’S EXPEDITIONS
III. In 1999, Santosh Yadav led an Indian
mountaineering expedition to Kangshung Face,
Everest.
IV. In 2001, she led mountaineering team to East
BY MAYUKH Face, Mount Everest.
 CONTRIBUTIONS
1. ABANTI DEBNATH - - - - - - - - - - - Introduction slide (Slide 1), Pictures,
Formatting and compilation of full PPT
2. ABIR SINHA - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Slide 2 - Making and formatting
3. ANGSHITA BARDHAN - - - - - - - - - No contribution
4. ANIRBAN BARMAN - - - - - - - - - - Slide 2 & Slide 5 - Information
5. ANKUSH DAS - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Slide 3 - Information
6. ARITRA SINHA - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Slide 4 - Making
7. ASMIT DEY ROY - - - - - - - - - - - - - No contribution
8. BIKRAMJIT CHOUDHURY - - - - - - Slide 3 - Making
9. BIKRAMJIT MONDAL - - - - - - - - - Slide 4 - Information
10. BITAN NASKAR - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Slide 5 - Making
11. CHAYANIKA SARBAJNA - - - - - - - - Slide 8 - Information
12. DEBOJEET ROY - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Slide 5 - Information
13. DIPTARGHYA GHOSH - - - - - - - - - Slide 6 - Making
14. HIRAN PAL - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Slide 6 - Information
15. JYOTISHMAN CHATTOPADAYA - - - Slide 6 - Information
16. LISA NASKAR - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Slide 7 - Information
17. MAYUKH SARDAR - - - - - - - - - - - Slide 8 & Slide 9 - Making and formatting,
Adding pictures
18. MD ALFAZ ALI - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Slide 8 - Information
19. MONOSIJ CHAKRABARTI - - - - - - No contribution
20. NAFISA ISLAM - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Slide 7 - Making and formatting
21. NANDINI BHATTACHARYA - - - - - - Slide 7 - Information
22. POUSHALI ADHIKARY - - - - - - - - - Slide 3 - Information
23. PRERONA MAJUMDER - - - - - - - - Slide 9 - Information