JAMSHEDPUR: On May 13 this year, 38-year-old Asmita Dorjee, a mountaineer from the city, became the first Indian woman to reach the South Summit (8745m) of Mount Everest without using supplementary oxygen.
Dorjee attempted to scale Mount Everest but suffered temporary loss of vision due to lack of oxygen at the South Summit. Her fellow sherpas then decided to head back and helped her reach the base camp (8000m).