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Arunima Does It Again: After Everest, India’s First Woman Amputee Conquers Antarctica’s Highest Peak Mount Venison
- Arunima Sinha, who became the first Indian woman amputee to scale Mount Everest in 2013, has set a new record: she is now the world’s first woman amputee to climb Antarctica’s highest peak, Mount Venison.
Arunima Sinha, first woman amputee to conquer Mt Everest (Virendra Singh Gosain/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)
Mount Vinson has a measured height of 4,892 metres (16,050 ft) and is located in the north part of Vinson Massif's summit plateau. Congratulating Sinha on her tremendous achievement, PM Modi took to Twitter to send his regards.
Honorary Doctorate
The UK-based University of Strathclyde has also awarded her an honorary doctorate.
“Arunima is an inspiration to amputees around the world. Not only has she shown real spirit, courage and determination in overcoming adversity, she is using her compassion and positivity to help other people,” said Professor Jim McDonald, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Strathclyde.
India’s First
On 21 May 2013, Arunima Sinha scaled Mount Everest and became the first Indian woman with a prosthetic leg to achieve the feat. Arunima, who played for the national volleyball team, lost her left leg after she was thrown off a train while resisting a chain-snatching attempt by some criminals in 2011.
“When I was in the hospital, everyone was worried for me, and I realised that I had to do something in my life so that people would stop looking at me with pity. I spoke to my elder brother and my coach about climbing the Everest, and they encouraged me,” she had said.
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