Shivangi Pathak

Shivangi Pathak

Personal information
Born	August 2002 (age 23) Hisar, Haryana, India
Occupation	Mountaineer

Shivangi Pathak is an Indian mountaineer born in Hisar, Haryana in August 2002. ^[1] At age 16, she became India's youngest person to climb the world's highest peak, Mount Everest, on 16 May 2018 from the Nepal side. ^{[2] [3] [4]} She climbed Russia's highest peak Mount Elbrus in Europe on 2 September 2018. ^[5] She also climbed the highest peak of Africa, Kilimanjaro, on 24 July 2018 at the age of 17. ^[6]

Early life

Pathak was born in Hisar of Haryana in north-western India. ^[7]

Everest climb

Training for climbing Mt. Everest, included climbing Stok Khangri, a 6,053-metre peak in Ladakh. ^[8] On 17 May 2018 become the youngest Indian woman to climb the Mount Everest ^[9]

Her ascent of the peak began in April 2018 from the Nepal base camp of Everest, ^[10] the entire Everest expedition took one month. ^[11]

Awards

She was honored with the Bal Shakti Puraskar 2019. ^{[12] [13]}

References

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10. "Shivangi Pathak: Haryana girl scripts history!". Drilers. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
11. "Haryana's Shivangi Pathak Becomes Youngest Indian Woman To Scale Mt Everest". Outlook (Indian magazine) . Retrieved 13 May 2020.
12. "Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar: President Kovind Honours 26 Children". News18. 23 January 2019. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
13. "President Ramnath Kovind confers national awards on children for outstanding contribution in various fields". The Financial Express. 22 January 2019. Retrieved 13 May 2020.