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Aparna Kumar is an Indian mountaineer. In 2018, she was awarded the Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award for land adventure, presented by the President of India. [1] [2]
Prior to mountaineering, Kumar was a 2002 batch IPS officer of the Uttar Pradesh cadre and commanded the 9th Battalion of PAC (Provincial Armed Constabulary), which guarded the Chinese border before the ITBP existed. [3] [4] As an IPS officer, she served in the high altitudes of Uttaranchal, manning the sensitive Indo-Tibetan border at Askot, Badrinath and Uttarkashi,[ quantify ] whose jurisdiction was handed over to the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) in 1992. [5]
Kumar summited the Lobuche East peak (6,119 metres (20,075 ft)) in April 2013. In June 2013, Kumar climbed Stok Kangri (approximately 6,151 metres (20,180 ft)) in Ladakh, becoming the first IPS/All India Service officer to do so. [6] [7] She is also known for her expedition to the Seven Summits.
On 30 August 2014, she summited Kilimanjaro (5,895 metres (19,341 ft)) in Tanzania in a 15-day journey. [8]
On 7 November 2014, Kumar climbed Puncak Jaya Mountain (4,884 metres (16,024 ft)).
On 14 January 2015, she summited Mount Aconcagua (6,962 metres (22,841 ft)).
Kumar also summited Mount Elbrus in Russia (5,642 metres (18,510 ft)).
Kumar was part of a ten-member expedition team, alongside members from the USA, Canada, South Africa, the U.K., and Australia, [9] to climb the Vinson Massif in Antarctica. During the expedition, Kumar also reached the Union Glacier in Antarctica.
Kumar summited Mount Everest on 21 May 2016, at 11:02 IST. [10]
Kumar successfully climbed Stok Kangri (approximately 20,182 feet (6,151 m)) in Ladakh.
Kumar summited the Lobuche East peak (6,119 metres (20,075 ft)) in April 2013.
In 2019, she climbed Mount Denali in Alaska, completing her Seven Summits challenge. [11] [12]
Kumar is from Bengaluru and has two children. She is married to Mr Sanjay Kumar, an IAS officer of UP Cadre. She is an alumna of Vijaya College, Jaya Nagar, and National Law School, Bengaluru. She also did her schooling in Mysore. She speaks fluent Kannada and Hindi.
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