Climber on her way to ascend ing new heights

INDIAN climber Baljeet Kaur ascended her second 8 000m mountain Kanchenjunga, the world’s third highest peak, this week, within two weeks.

Baljeet Kaur, from Himachal Pradesh, summited Mt Kanchenjunga with her guide, Mingma Sherpa, said Pasang Sherpa of Peak Promotion Pvt Ltd, according to Himalayan Times Daily.

“She has arrived at Camp III and is now descending as she is expected to arrive at the base camp today evening,” Sherpa said.

Kaur also climbed Mt Annapurna I on April 28. This is her second 8000m+ mountain this season, according to Sherpa.

“This season, she is attempting Everest and Lhotse as well,” he said.

Meanwhile, a climbing guide, who was suffering from severe high altitude sickness, died while undergoing treatment in Kathmandu this week.

Dipak Mahat, who fell ill at Camp II on Mt Everest on Monday, was evacuated to Kathmandu for treatment on Tuesday morning, according to hospital authorities.

This season, three climbers, including a foreigner, have died in the Everest region.

A woman climber scaled the world’s highest peak, becoming the first Nepali female doctor to successfully scale Mt Everest this season. |