CLASS 9
REACH FOR THE TOP
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Question
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she won
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she hoisted the flag
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she became the youngest woman to achieve the feat.
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Detailed explanation-1: -She climbed the peak first in May 1992 and then again in May 1993 with an Indo-Nepalese Team. During her Everest mission in 1992, she saved the life of a climber, Mohan Singh, by sharing oxygen with him. She also tried to help a mountaineer who lay dying at the South Col but was unsuccessful in saving him.
Detailed explanation-2: -Santosh scaled Mt. Everest the second time as a member of an Indo-Nepalese Women’s Expedition. It was important as it secured a unique place for her and India by becoming the only woman to have scaled the Everest twice.
Detailed explanation-3: -When Santosh was at the summit of the Mount Everest her joy knew no bounds. She claimed that her feeling was ‘indescribable’. Unfurling the Indian Flag at the top was a spiritual moment for her and she felt proud as an Indian.
Detailed explanation-4: -At barely twenty years of age, Santosh Yadav scaled Mt Everest, becoming the youngest woman in the world to achieve the feat.