
Apart from being the first Indian woman to climb Mount Everest, mountaineer Bachendri Pal also led a team of 20 women in three rafts that crossed the mighty Ganges river from Haridwar to Calcutta in 39 days, covering a distance of 2155 kilometres.
Apart from being the first Indian woman to climb Mount Everest, mountaineer Bachendri Pal also led a team of 20 women in three rafts that crossed the mighty Ganges river from Haridwar to Calcutta in 39 days, covering a distance of 2155 kilometres.