Shipra Mazumdar | |
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| Occupation | Major in theIndian Army |
| Known for | Reaching the summit ofMount Everest |
Shipra Mazumdar is aMajor in theIndian Army, and a member of the Indian Army women mountaineering team. She is aBengali.[1] She pursued Engineering atArmy Institute of Technology, Pune. She did her Basic and Advance Mountaineering Courses fromNehru Institute of Mountaineering, Uttarkashi.
At 9:30 a.m. on 2 June 2005,[2] she reached the summit ofMount Everest with three other members of the team. They climbed fromTibet, using theNorth Col route.[3]
Another mountaineering team from theIndian Air Force had reached the summit on 30 May.[2] One member of that team, Squadron Leader S.S. Chaithanya, disappeared in a blizzard during the descent.[4]
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