Dicky Dolma (born 5 April 1974) is an Indian mountaineer, known for being the youngest woman to summit Mount Everest up to that time at the age of 19 on 10 May 1993. This occurred on the
Indo-Nepal Everest Expedition.
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/ref> This Indo-Nepal Women's Everest Expedition was led by Bachendri Pal who was the first Indian woman to summit Mount Everest in 1984.[ Dicky was also a skier and attended numerous sporting competitions including the 1989 All-India Open Auli Ski Festival and the Asian Winter Games in 1999.][ She took ski training courses and basic mountaineering courses by the Manali Institute.][ In the same expedition as Dicky Dolma, ]Santosh Yadav
Santosh Yadav (born 10 October 1967) is an Indian mountaineer. She is the first woman in the world to climb Mount Everest twice and the first woman to successfully climb Mount Everest from Kangshung Face. She climbed the peak first in May 1992 ...
summited Mount Everest for the second time, the first woman to summit twice. Dolma came from Palchan Village near Manali Manali may refer to:
Places in India
* Manali, Himachal Pradesh,
* Manali, Chennai, a locality of Chennai
* Manali New Town, a locality of Chennai
* Manali, Gummidipoondi, a village in Tamil Nadu
* Manali River, a river in Kerala
People
* ...
of Himachal Pradesh
Himachal Pradesh (; ; "Snow-laden Mountain Province") is a state in the northern part of India. Situated in the Western Himalayas, it is one of the thirteen mountain states and is characterized by an extreme landscape featuring several peak ...
state in India
India, officially the Republic of India ( Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the ...
. She was also awarded the 1994 National Adventure Award.
Previous record holders up to Dolma for youngest Woman to summit Everest (age at summiting):Adventure Stats
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*Junko Tabei
was a Japanese mountaineer, author and a teacher. She was the first woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest and the first woman to ascend the Seven Summits, climbing the highest peak on every continent.
Tabei wrote seven books, organized e ...
, born 22 September 1939, summited, 16 May 1975, age 35 years, 236 days
* Bachendri Pal, born 25 April 1954, summited 23 May 1984, age 30 years, 28 days
*Sharon Wood
Sharon Adele Wood (born May 18, 1957), a Canadian mountaineer and guide, was the first North American woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest on May 20, 1986.
She climbed via the new route of the west shoulder from the Rongbuk Glacier; with ...
, born 18 May 1957, summited 20 May 1986, age 29 years, 2 days
* Lydia Bradey, born 9 October 1961, summited 14 Oct 1988, age 27 years, 5 days
*Santosh Yadav
Santosh Yadav (born 10 October 1967) is an Indian mountaineer. She is the first woman in the world to climb Mount Everest twice and the first woman to successfully climb Mount Everest from Kangshung Face. She climbed the peak first in May 1992 ...
, born 10 October 1967, summited12 May 1992, age 24 years, 215 days
* Kim Soon-Jo, born 10 August 1970, summited 10 May 1993, age 22 years, 273 days
*Dicky Dolma, born 5 April 1974, summited 10 May 1993, age 19 years, 35 days
See also
* Chhurim
*Indian summiters of Mount Everest - Year wise
The first attempts to summit Mount Everest by Indians were in 1960. The first Indians to reach the summit were a group led by Captain M.S. Kohli in 1965. 422 Indians made a total of 465 attempts between 1965 and 2018. These include 43 repeat att ...
*Lhakpa Sherpa
Lhakpa Sherpa (also Lakpa) ( ne, Lakhpa Sherpa; born 1973) is a Nepalese Sherpa mountain climber. She has climbed Mount Everest ten times, the most of any woman in the world. Her record-breaking tenth climb was on May 12, 2022, which she fina ...
*List of Mount Everest records
This article lists different records related to Mount Everest. One of the most commonly sought after records is a "summit", to reach the highest elevation point on Mount Everest.
Records
Highest number of times to reach the summit
Other ...
*List of Mount Everest records of India
This is list of Mount Everest records of Indian nationals have achieved.
Records
* Chhanda Gayen became the first Indian to climb to the summit of any two Eight-thousanders - Mount Everest and Mount Lhotse in one go on 18 May 2013. She compl ...
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*List of 20th-century summiters of Mount Everest
Mount Everest, at is currently the world's highest mountain and is a particularly desirable peak for mountaineers. This is a list of people who reached the summit of Mount Everest in the 20th century. Overall about 1,383 people summited Everes ...
*Malavath Purna
Malavath Poorna (born 10 June 2000) is an Indian mountaineer. On 25 May 2014, Poorna climbed Mount Everest, aged 13 years and 11 months, the youngest Indian and the youngest female to have reached the summit. Purna climbed Mount Elbrus, the hig ...
*Ming Kipa
Ming Kipa ( ne, मिङ किपा शेर्पा) (born 1988) is a Nepalese Sherpa woman who held the record as the youngest person to climb Mount Everest from 2003 to 2010. She reached the summit on May 22, 2003 when she was 15 years old ...
References
External links
Dicky Dolma
Everest History
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Indian summiters of Mount Everest
Recipients of the Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award
1974 births
Living people
Indian female mountain climbers
Indian mountain climbers
20th-century Indian women
20th-century Indian people
People from Kullu district
People from Manali, Himachal Pradesh
Mountain climbers from Himachal Pradesh