Junko Tabei

The first woman to

reach the Mount
Everest on May 16,
1975, Junko Tabei
from Japan is one of
the most revered and
respected
mountaineers in the
world.
Tabei braved all odds,
reached the summit
of the Everest to
make history. Tabei
not only became the
first woman to
conquer the Seven
Summits in 1992, she
also climbed Mt. Fuji
in Japan and
Matterhorn in the

Premlata
Bachendri Pal
Agarwal
Premlata Agarwal(born
1963)isanIndian
mountainclimber,whoon
May20,2011,became
theoldestIndianwoman
tohavescaledthe
world'stallestpeak,
MountEverest
(29,029ft.),attheageof
48years.Shealso
becamethefirstperson
fromJharkhandstateto
goonanexpeditionto
MountEverest.

BachendriPalearneda
covetedplaceforherselfin
Indianhistorybybecomingthe
firstIndianwomantosummit
theMountEverest,thehighest
mountainpeakintheworld.A
free-willing,fearless,and
adventure-lovinggirl.Bydintof
herhardworkandsheer
determination,BachendriPal
createdhistorywhenshe
successfullysummitedthe
Everest,therebybecomingthe
firstIndianwomantoachieve
thebigfeat.

W THE HIMILAYAN RANGE FORM

The Himalayas, which stretch some 2,900 kilometres between India, Pakistan, China, and Nepal, is the
worlds tallest mountain range. In addition to Mount Everest, the worlds tallest mountain by peak
elevation standing at 8,848 meters tall, the range also features several other mountain peaks over
8,000 meters. It is the only mountain range to boast mountains over 8,000 metersthe runner-up is a
mountain range in South America, whose tallest peak is just 6,962 meters tall.
Millions of years ago, these mountain peaks didnt exist. The Asian continent was mostly intact, but
India was an island floating off the coast of Australia. Around 220 million years ago, around the time
that Pangea was breaking apart, India started to move northwards. It travelled some 6,000 kilometres
before it finally collided with Asia around 40 to 50 million years ago. Then, part of the Indian landmass
began to go beneath the Asian one, moving the Asian landmass up, which resulted in the rise of the
Himalayas. Its thought that Indias coastline was denser and more firmly attached to the seabed, which
is why Asias softer soil was pushed up rather than the other way around.
indiaThe mountain range grew very rapidly in comparison to most mountain ranges, and its actually
still growing today. Mount Everest and its fellows actually grow by approximately a net of about a
centimetre or so every year. Thats in comparison to the Appalachian Mountains, which developed some
300 million years ago or more, which is actually decreasing in peak elevations as it erodes.
The continued growth in the Himalayas is likely due to the Indian tectonic plate still moving slowly but
surely northward. We know the plate is still moving in part because of the frequent earthquakes in the



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eight of various peaks of himala

Kangchenjunga 8,586 m (28,169 f

Chaukamba I 7,138 m (23,419 ft)

Nanda Devi 7,816 m (25,643 ft)

Trisul I 7,120 m (23,360 ft)

Kamet 7,756 m (25,446 ft)

Hardeol 7,151 m (23,461 ft)

Saser Kangri I 7,672 m (25,171 ft)

Saltoro Kangri 7,742 m (25,400 ft)

Mamostong Kangri 7,516 m (24,659 ft)

Rimo I 7,385 m (24,229 ft)

MtEverest8,848m(29,029ft)

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Kangchenjunga is the highestmountainpeak in India and ranked 3rd highest summit in the world
with an elevation of 8,586 m (28,169 ft). The highestmountainKangchenjunga is located at the
border of India and Nepal in the great Himalayasrange,Sikkim. Kangchenjunga section contains five
peaks and the region has twelve more peaks over 7,000 m (23,000 ft).
Nanda Deviis situated in the Garhwal Himalayas region inthe stateof Uttarakhand.Nanda Deviis
the highest summit in the two massif another one is called asNanda DeviEast, located at the eastern
part.Nanda Deviis one of the highestmountainin the world and ranked second in India.
Kamet is the highest summit in the ZaskarmountainRangeof Garhwal region in the Chamoli District
of Uttarakhand. Kamet is second highestmountainsummit of Garhwal Himalayas and third
highestmountainpeak of India with an elevation of 7,756 m (25,446 ft). Kametmountainpeak is
surrounded by three major neighboring peaks and lies very close the Tibet.
Saltoro Kangri is the highest peak of SaltoroMountainranges,a subrangeof Karakoram, the
biggestrangeof greater Himalaya mountains. Saltoro Mountains are situated at the center of great
Karakoram and very near to the longest glaciers in the world, the Siachen Glacier. The Saltoro Kangri is
31st highest independentmountainpeak in world with an elevation of 7,742 m {25,400 ft } in Kashmir
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Ladakh Range: TothenorthoftheLeh
liestheladakhrangeanditisanimportantpartoftheTrans-HimalayanrangethatmergeswiththeKailashrangein
Tibet.HeretheimportantpassesarethefamousKardungLa,andDigarLa,whichlietothenortheastofLeh.
Pir Panjal Range:TothesouthofthemainHimalayasliesthePirPanjalRangeatanaverageheightof5,000m.
FromGulmargintheNorthwestitfollowsthesouthernrimoftheKashmirvalleytotheBanihalpass.HerethePir
Panjalmeetstheridgeline,whichseparatestheKashmirvalleyfromtheWarvanvalley.ThemajorpasseshereinPir
PanjalarethepirpanjalpassduewestofSrinagar,theBanihalpasswhichliesatthetopoftheJhelumRiveratthe
southernendoftheKashmirvalley,andthesythenpasslinkingKashmirwithKishtwar.