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词条 Chhanda Gayen
释义

  1. Climbing and mountaineering

     Background  Achievements  2013 Everest summit 

  2. 2014 avalanche

  3. References

  4. See also

  5. External links

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| name = Chhanda Gayen
| image = Everest Summit Chhanda.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Chhanda Gayen at Mt. Everest summit, 2013
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1979|07|09}}
| birth_place = West Bengal, India
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2014|05|20|1979|07|09}}
| death_place = Mount Kanchenjunga
| nationality = {{flagicon|India}}
| occupation = Mountaineer
| known_for = Summiting Mount Everest
}}Chhanda Gayen (ছন্দা গায়েন, 9 July 1979 – 20 May 2014)[1] was a Bengali mountaineer, martial artist, explorer, teacher of self-defense. She is best known for being first civilian woman from the Indian state of West Bengal to climb to the summit of Mount Everest, at 7 A.M., 18 May 2013. She summited Mount Everest and Lhotse in 2013 in the same expedition.{{citation needed|date=May 2014}} She was awarded as "Sera Avishkar" in Sera Bangali 2013 from ABP Ananda (8 August, 2013).[2][3][4][5][6]

Climbing and mountaineering

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Background

Chhanda Gayen was born in a Bengali Kayastha family from Kolkata.{{citation-needed|date=April 2018}} At a very young age, she was inspired by her mother, Jaya Gayen, a hobby trekker.{{citation-needed|date=April 2018}} She started with a basic rock climbing training from the Institute of Exploration (1998).{{citation-needed|date=April 2018}} Besides different small trekking and climbing expeditions, she attended many relevant training programs of mountaineering.{{citation-needed|date=April 2018}} She joined a rock climbing Basic Course in 1998 organized by The Institute of Explorations, Kolkata at Susunia Hils, Bankura, WB followed by Standard Course, organized by the Gorabazar Baharampur Town Club, WB in 2005 at the same Hills.{{citation-needed|date=April 2018}} In 2006, she completed basic mountaineering courses from HMI (Darjeeling) with an advanced mountaineering training course.{{citation-needed|date=April 2018}} She attended Alpine Climbing Camp 2007 arranged by Nehru Institute of Mountaineering.{{citation-needed|date=April 2018}} She prepared herself with a deep groundwork for being mountaineering instructor through MOI from HMI.{{citation-needed|date=April 2018}} She additionally attended an adventure trekking camp in 2012, organized by the Himalayan Nature and Adventure foundation.{{citation-needed|date=April 2018}}

Achievements

As a National Cadet, she participated in the All India Sikkim trek arranged by NCC.{{citation-needed|date=April 2018}} In 2007, she summited Mount Fluted.{{citation-needed|date=April 2018}} Next year, she reached the vertex of both Mount Yogin 1 and Mount Yogin 3, which was an Indian record for a woman. Her next expedition, at Mount Gongotri was in 2009. She participated in 17 IMS East Zone sports Climbing competitions in 2011.{{citation-needed|date=April 2018}} In the same year she reached the zenith of Mount Manirang.

2013 Everest summit

She summited Mount Everest and Mount Lhotse in same expedition in 2013, a world record.{{citation-needed|date=April 2018}}

2014 avalanche

On 20 May 2014, she went missing along with two sherpas in an avalanche while descending the western side of Mount Kanchenjunga in Nepal.[7] All three of them were later declared to have died in the avalanche.[1]

References

1. ^{{cite news |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/everest-climber-chhanda-gayen-2-sherpas-die-on-kanchenjunga-peak/article1-1221931.aspx |title=Woman climber, 2 Sherpas killed on Kanchenjunga |work=Hindustan Times |first=Uptal |last=Parashar |date=22 May 2014 |accessdate=20 June 2014}}
2. ^{{cite news|last=Ghosh|first=Amrita|title=Fulfilling her father’s dream|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1121221/jsp/howrah/story_16342330.jsp#.UhRHaRbvxlA|accessdate=21 August 2013|newspaper=The Telegraph|year=2012}}
3. ^{{cite news|last=Sikdar|first=Bitan|title=Howrah woman on top of the world|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1130519/jsp/bengal/story_16914018.jsp#.UhRIthbvxlA|accessdate=21 August 2013|newspaper=The Telegraph|year=2013}}
4. ^{{cite news|title=Mount Everest conquered by West Bengal's Chanda Gayen|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/mount-everest-conquered-by-west-bengals-chanda-gayen/1117571/|accessdate=21 August 2013|newspaper=The Indian Express|year=2013}}
5. ^Manik Banerjee. Woman mountaineer, Chanda Gayen from West Bengal climbs Mt. Everest. The Hyderabad Deccan 18 May 2013 {{cite web|url=http://www.newswala.com/Sports-News/Woman-mountaineer-Chanda-Gayen-from-West-Bengal-climbs-Mt.-Everest-38507.html |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2013-08-25 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140111052616/http://www.newswala.com/Sports-News/Woman-mountaineer-Chanda-Gayen-from-West-Bengal-climbs-Mt.-Everest-38507.html |archivedate=11 January 2014 |df=dmy }}
6. ^Mount Everest conquered by West Bengal's Chanda Gayen. Press Trust of India : Kolkata, Sat 18 May 2013  
7. ^{{cite web|title=Mamata Banerjee heads to Nepal to rescue missing Indian Mountaineer Chhanda Gayen|url=http://news.biharprabha.com/2014/05/mamata-banerjee-heads-to-nepal-to-rescue-missing-indian-mountaineer-chhanda-gayen/|work=IANS|publisher=news.biharprabha.com|accessdate=24 May 2014}}

See also

  • List of Mount Everest records of India

External links

{{commons category|Chhanda Gayen}}{{Indian mountaineers}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Gayen, Chhanda}}

12 : 1979 births|Bengali sportspeople|Sportspeople from Kolkata|Indian female mountain climbers|Indian mountain climbers|Indian summiters of Mount Everest|2014 deaths|Sportswomen from Kolkata|21st-century Indian women|20th-century Indian women|Mountain climbers from West Bengal|People from Howrah

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