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Mohan Singh Gunjyal is an Indian mountaineer and adventure sportsman. He is one of the summiters of
Mount Everest Mount Everest (), known locally as Sagarmatha in Nepal and Qomolangma in Tibet, is Earth's highest mountain above sea level. It lies in the Mahalangur Himal sub-range of the Himalayas and marks part of the China–Nepal border at it ...
, entering the list when he successfully climbed the highest peak in the world on 12 May 1992. He achieved the feat, taking the
Southeast ridge Mount Everest (), known locally as Sagarmatha in Nepal and Qomolangma in Tibet, is Earth's highest mountain above sea level. It lies in the Mahalangur Himal sub-range of the Himalayas and marks part of the China–Nepal border at its s ...
route via the south face, as a member of the
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Everest expedition group, which included
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. As a youth she criticized traditional ...
, the first woman to summit the peak twice within a year. He has received the Tenzing Norgay National Award for outstanding achievement from the President of India in 2004.6
He is a former Assistant Commandant of
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and presently working as Director (Technical Training) at the
Uttarkashi Uttarkashi is a town and the headquarters of Uttarkashi district in Uttarakhand, India. Geography Uttarkashi is located at . It has an average elevation of . Demographics India census A census (from Latin ''censere'', 'to assess') is t ...
-based Nanda Devi Institute of Adventure Sports and Outdoor Education. The Government of India awarded him with
Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award The Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award, formerly known as the National Adventure Awards is the highest adventure sports honour of the Republic of India. The award is named after Tenzing Norgay, one of the first two individuals to reach th ...
2004 in lifetime achievement category and the fourth highest civilian honor of the
Padma Shri The Padma Shri (IAST: ''padma śrī'', lit. 'Lotus Honour'), also spelled Padma Shree, is the fourth-highest Indian honours system, civilian award of the Republic of India, after the Bharat Ratna, the Padma Vibhushan and the Padma Bhushan. In ...
, in 2006, for his contributions to the sport of
mountaineering Mountaineering, mountain climbing, or alpinism is a set of outdoor activities that involves ascending mountains. Mountaineering-related activities include traditional outdoor climbing, skiing, and traversing via ferratas that have become mounta ...
.


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Indian summiters of Mount Everest - Year wise The first successful 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, including 43 r ...
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List of Mount Everest summiters by number of times to the summit This list consists of people who reached the summit of Mount Everest more than once. By 2013, 6,871 summits had been recorded by 4,042 people. By the end of 2016 there were 7,646 summits by 4,469 people. In 2018 about 800 people summited, breaking ...
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List of Mount Everest records of India This is list of Mount Everest records of Indian nationals have achieved. Records * In 1984, Bachendri Pal became the first Indian woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest * Phu Dorjee (d. 1987) in 1984 became the first Indian to make a solo ...
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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", meaning to reach the highest elevation point on Mount Everest. Records Highest number of times to reach the summit ...


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* Recipients of the Padma Shri in sports Year of birth missing (living people) Indian summiters of Mount Everest Living people Recipients of the Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award {{India-sport-bio-stub