Baljeet Kaur has climbed Mount Lhotse, the world’s fourth highest peak, to become the first Indian mountaineer to conquer four 8,000-meter peaks in less than a month.
According to Pasang Sherpa, Director at Peak Promotion Pvt Ltd, Kaur, a 27-year-old Himachal Pradesh climber, scaled Mt Lhotse on Sunday, becoming the first Indian climber to scale four 8000-meter peaks in a single season.
She and her guide Mingma Sherpa successfully climbed the world’s fourth highest peak, he said, adding that it was Kaur’s fourth successful ascent this spring season.
Mt Annapurna I (8,091 meters) and Mt Kanchenjunga (8,586 meters) were presented by Baljeet and Mingma on April 28 and May 12, respectively. They summited Mt Everest (8,849 meters) on May 21, according to Pasang.
