Debabrata Mukherjee (mountaineer)

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Debabrata Mukherjee
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Debabrata Mukherjee
Born (1962-01-20) 20 January 1962 (age 62)
Halisahar, 24 Pargana(north), West Bengal.
NationalityFlag of India.svg  India
CitizenshipIndian
OccupationTourist Guide
Known forFirst civilian Indian Bengali to climb Mount Everest from the North Col
SpouseDr.Bipasha Mukherjee(Majumdar)

Debabrata Mukherjee (born 20 January 1962) is an Indian mountaineer and explorer from West Bengal. He was the oldest, first civilian Indian to climb Mount Everest from the North Col. [1] He is also the first person to cross Chaukhamba Col from Badrinath to reach Gangotri. [2] [3]

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Climbing career

Mount Everest

Debabrata Mukherjee climbed the North-Col and NE Ridge with Biplob Vaidya on 25 May 2014 and set foot on the summit of Mount Everest at 8:46 am. He was the team leader of this expedition. [4] [5] The same day Malavath Purna the youngest Indian and the youngest female in the world to have reached the summit of Mount Everest. [6]

Mountaineering expeditions

Mukherjee climbed Mt.Saife in 1986 [7]

Kamet 1988 [7] [8]

Mount Yunam in 2005 as a Team leader and successful climber [9]

Uja Tirche in 2005 as a Team leader and successful climber (new route) [10] [11]

Mount Karcha as a Team leader and successful climber 2008 [12]

Mount K. R. V East Face as a Team leader 2013 [13]

Mount Everest Oldest person to climb successfully from North-Col in 2014 [4]

Mount Jalung Ri and Mount Chomo Ri (First ascent) as a Liaison Officer with a Japanese team and a successful climber 2015 [14]

Bhagirathi Parbat III as a Team leader and successful climber first Indian ascent from North ridge [15] Indian Mountaineering Foundation - Pathayatra 2015 [16]

Mount Blanc oldest Indian to climbed the peak Successfully [17] in 2016.

Wider explorations

The first person to cross the Panpatia Glacier in 2006. In 2009 he found a new trekking route from Kedarnath to Badrinath. To find this path, he crossed the Gandharpangi forest, Panpatia, and Satopanth glaciers. In 2013 On the way from Badrinath to Gangotri, he crossed the Chaukhamba col with a new route. [18] [19]

Bibliography and travel stories

Awards

See also

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References

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  2. ↑ "AAC Publications - First crossing of Chaukhamba (Meade's) Col (6,093m)".
  3. ↑ "Badrinath to Gangotri via Chaukhamba Col (6053 m) : News & events : The Himalayan Club". Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  4. 1 2 "The Times of India Kolkata's climber may be oldest Indian to conquer Everest, Jun 3, 2014". The Times of India .
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  6. ↑ "13-year-old Malavath Purna becomes youngest woman to scale Everest". The Indian Express . Retrieved 12 March 2016.[ permanent dead link ]
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  11. ↑ "The Alpine Journal,2006" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
  12. ↑ Mukherjee, Debabrata (2015). Indian Himalaya-The Japanese Alpine Club-Tokai Section, Karcha Parbat and Yunam (in Japanese). p. 339. ISBN   978-47-7951-000-7.
  13. ↑ Mukherjee, Debabrata (2015). Indian Himalaya-The Japanese Alpine Club-Tokai Section, KR-V (in Japanese). p. 290. ISBN   978-47-7951-000-7.
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  19. ↑ Mukherjee, Debabrata (2013–2014). Himalayan Journal(vol-69), First Crossing of Chaukhamba Col. p. 60. ISBN   978-01-9945-612-3.
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