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Who became the world's first female amputee to climb Mount Everest?
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Answer: Option D ā Arunima Sinha
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Arunima Sinha, from Ambedkar Nagar in Uttar Pradesh, became the world's first female amputee to climb Mount Everest on 21 May 2013.
Her story:
She was a national-level volleyball player.
In April 2011, while travelling by train from Lucknow to Delhi, she was attacked by robbers who tried to snatch her bag and gold chain. When she resisted, they pushed her out of the moving train near Bareilly. Another train ran over her left leg, which had to be amputated below the knee.
While recovering at AIIMS, New Delhi, she decided to climb Mount Everest.
She trained under Bachendri Pal, the first Indian woman to climb Everest (1984), at the Tata Steel Adventure Foundation.
She climbed Everest with a prosthetic (artificial) leg, just two years after her accident.
She later climbed the highest peaks on several continents, including Kilimanjaro (Africa), Elbrus (Europe), Kosciuszko (Australia), Aconcagua (South America) and Vinson Massif (Antarctica), becoming the first female amputee to climb Mount Vinson (2019).
She received the Padma Shri in 2015 and the Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award. She has written a book, "Born Again on the Mountain".
Some other Everest "firsts":
- Edmund Hillary (New Zealand) and Tenzing Norgay (India/Nepal): first to climb Everest, 29 May 1953.
- Junko Tabei (Japan): first woman to climb Everest, 1975.
- Bachendri Pal: first Indian woman, 23 May 1984.
- Santosh Yadav: first woman to climb Everest twice in one year (1992 and 1993).
- Malavath Purna: youngest girl to climb Everest, at 13 (2014).
- Premlata Agarwal: oldest Indian woman to climb Everest (at 48, in 2011) and first Indian woman to complete the Seven Summits.
Why not the other options?
- āBachendri Pal was the first Indian woman to climb Everest.
- āPremlata Agarwal was the oldest Indian woman to climb Everest.
- āMalavath Purna was the youngest girl to climb Everest.
Quick tip
Remember: First female amputee on Everest = Arunima Sinha (21 May 2013), trained by Bachendri Pal; first Indian woman = Bachendri Pal (1984); first woman = Junko Tabei (1975).
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