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Detailed explanation-1: -Priyanka Mohite from Satara, Maharashrta, has summited Mount Kanchenjunga , Mount Everest, Mount Lhotse , Mount Makalu, and Mount Annapurna 1, making her the first Indian woman to climb five peaks above 8,000 metres.

Detailed explanation-2: -Bachendri Pal, (born May 24, 1954, Nakuri, India), Indian mountaineer who in 1984 became the first Indian woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest.

Detailed explanation-3: -MUMBAI: Priyanka Mohite from Satara in western Maharashtra has become the first Indian woman to scale five peaks above 8,000 metres after she climbed Mount Kanchenjunga on Thursday.

Detailed explanation-4: -The first recorded successful ascent of an eight-thousander was by the French Maurice Herzog and Louis Lachenal, who reached the summit of Annapurna on 3 June 1950 during the 1950 French Annapurna expedition.