Mumbai: A mother of two, year-old Premlata Agarwal Friday became the oldest Indian woman -- and the first woman from the Marwari community -- to conquer Mount Everest, an official said here. Mother of two daughters, one of whom is married, Premlata ascended the world's highest peak at a.m., said a spokesperson for Tata Steel, which sponsored her effort.
Her preparations to scale the world's tallest peak began May 6 when she went from the base camp at 18, feet to Camp 2 at 22, feet.
Then, with the help of artificial oxygen, she reached Camp 3 at 23, feet and Camp 4 at 26, feet.
She caught some rest Thursday before embarking on her arduous climb to the summit at 11 p.m., and finally reaching there after nearly 11 hours.
Prior to Mt. Everest, Premlata went on a climbing exercise at 20,feet-high Island Peak in the Himalayas, besides going up and down the Everest base camps for over a  • Meet Indian-mountaineer, Premlata AgarwalHomeLifestyle While most of us crave to feel ‘on top of the world’, here’s someone who has been there, done that. An exclusive by celebrated Indian-mountaineer, Premlata Agarwal I have scaled many peaks and I have come to understand that each peak is a challenge in itself. A mountain of lesser height can be more arduous than the mighty Mount Everest—the highest point on the earth. While chasing my Seven Summit mission, after successfully scaling Mount Kilimanjaro in South Africa, Mount Everest in Asia and Mount Aconcagua in South America, the fourth peak to climb, Mount McKinley in North America, gave me a jolt. I failed to reach the top of the peak by just ft! Effectively scaling the three peaks filled me with the arrogance of accepting the future challenges as just a matter of t • Missing voices: building women living with HIV&#;s meaningful engagement in virus clinical and cure research &#; Susan C. S. Chong et al, Culture, Health & Sexuality, September 27, People Living With HIV Have More Intact HIV DNA in Circulating CD4+ T Cells if They Have History of Pulmonary Tuberculosis &#; Marc Antoine jean Juste et al, Pathogens and Immunity, September 23, HIV reservoir and premature aging: fara factors for aging-associated illness in adolescents and ung adults with perinatally acquired HIV &#; Maria Raffaella Petrara et al, PLoS Pathogens, September 23, The impact of sex on HIV immunopathogenesis and therapeutic interventions &#; Erin Mihealsick et al, Journal of Clinical Investigation, September 17, Anti-PD-L1 antibody ASC22 in combination with a histone deacetylase inhibitor chidamide as a &#;shock and kill&#; strategy for ART-free virological control: a phase II single-arm study &#; Luling Wu, Signal Transduction and Targeted The
|