Kalpana Dash
Indian mountaineer and lawyer (1966–2019) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Kalpana Dash (Odia: କଳ୍ପନା ଦାଶ; 7 July 1966 – 23 May 2019) was an Indian lawyer and mountaineer. She was the first Odia mountaineer to scale Mount Everest. She scaled Mount Everest on 21 May 2008, along with a team of five members from the United States, Canada and Nepal.
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Main discipline | Lawyer |
Born | 7 July 1966 Dhenkanal, Odisha, India |
Died | 23 May 2019 (aged 52) Mount Everest |
Nationality | Indian |
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Notable ascents | Denali, Mount Kilimanjaro, Mount Everest |
Final ascent | Mount Everest |
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She had attempted to climb Mount Everest twice before, once in 2004 and once in 2006, but failed due to bad weather and health conditions.[1][2][3][4][5][6]