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A. Santosh was full of happiness and pride when she was literally on top
of the world. As she unfurled the Indian flag, she felt proud of being an
Indian. It was a spiritual moment for her.

Q5. Santosh Yadav got into the record books both times she scaled Mt
Everest. What were the reasons for this?

A.The first time when Santosh climbed the Everest, she became the
youngest woman to scale the Everest. When she climbed it the second
time, she became the first woman in the world to have climbed the
Everest twice.

Character Sketch :

1.Santosh Yadav

Santosh Yadav has been portrayed as a firm-willed, decisive,
adventurous girl endowed with a rational mind and physical toughness.

Born in a village of Haryana, Santosh Yadav had an independent
temperament right from the beginning and wished to live life I her own
terms. She knew full well that her conservative family would pressurize
her to adhere to the traditional way of life. But at the same time she was
aware if she chose a correct and rational path, she would be able to

change others and win their support.

Santosh Yadav had the courage to oppose what she considered to be
wrong. When her parents insisted that she should get married on turning
sixteen, she put her foot down and made it clear that her priority was
getting educated. Determined as she was, she got herself enrolled in a
school in Delhi. When the parents threatened that they would not pay

school fee, she told them that she would work part time to pay for her
education. Her parents had to finally relent before her determination.
Later on, her iron will. Her physical endurance and mental toughness
helped her to join Maharani College Jaipur and then Nehru Institute of
Mountaineering at Uttarkashi. Her determination, mental strength and
physical fitness equipped her for undertaking the dangerous journey to
reach Mt. Everest, the „top of the World‟ successfully, not once but twice.

Santosh Yadav‟s humanitarian attitude and team spirit came to the fore
during her expedition when she helped her fellow climbers. Her concern
for the environment was evident when she brought down as much as
500 kilograms of garbage from the Himalayas.