News Source: Telegraph India
| about 1 year ago
Kalpana from Dhenkanal third time lucky to reach Mount Everest Bhubaneswar, May 22: The town of Kumbharsahi in Dhenkanal is busy celebrating today as its star resident Kalpana Dash reached the top of the world yesterday at 11.30am. On Wednesday...
News Source: NewKerala
| about 1 year ago
I t proved to be third-time lucky for feisty Orissa climber Kalpana Dash, whose dream of standing on the 8,848-metre summit finally came true Wednesday when she pulled off the feat as the leader of the five-member Friendship Mt Everest Expedition.
News Source: Daily News & Analysis
| about 1 year ago
An Orissa lawyer has become the first woman from the state to scale Mount Everest, the world's highest peak. Kalpana Dash, 38, a resident of Kumbhar Sahi in Dhenkanal district, about 100 km from here, achieved the feat at 11.30 am on Wednesday from...