Sonam Wangyal
Sonam Wangyal | |
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| Born | 1942 Ladakh,India |
| Allegiance | India |
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Sonam Wangyal(born 1942) is a formerIndianparamilitary personnel and mountaineer who climbedMount Everestin 1965 at the age 23, making him the youngest summiter.[1][2]He was one of the nine summiters of the first successfulIndian Everest Expeditionsthat climbedMount Everestin May 1965 led byCaptain M S Kohli,.[3][4][5][6][7][8]He is the 3rd Indian man, and 18th man in world, to have climbedMount Everest.On 22 May 1965, the first time that the oldest (Sonam Gyatsoat age 42) and the youngest (Sonam Wangyal at age 23) climbed Everest together.
Currently, he is serving as a principal atSonam Gyatso Mountaineering Institute.[9]
Honors and awards
[edit]He was honoured with thePadma Shriin 1965,[10][11]followed by theArjuna Awardin 1965 and thenTenzing Norgay National Adventure Award2017 in lifetime achievement category.[12]He served as the Principal of theSonam Gyatso Mountaineering InstituteinGangtok(Sikkim) from 1976 to 1990. He retired as Assistant Director of theIntelligence Bureauin 1993, and now lives inLeh.[13]
References
[edit]- ^"Sonam Wangyal -".www.everesthistory.com.
- ^M.S. Kohli (2000).Nine Atop Everest: Spectacular Indian Ascent.Indus Publishing. pp. 228–.ISBN978-81-7387-111-5.
- ^"First successful Indian Expedition of 1965-".www.istampgallery.com.
- ^"First successful Indian Expedition of 1965-".www.thebetterindia.com.
- ^"First successful Indian Expedition of 1965-".www.youtube.com.
- ^Kohli, M. S. (December 2000).Nine Atop Everest-First successful Indian Expedition of 1965-.ISBN9788173871115.
- ^"The first Indians on Everest-First successful Indian Expedition of 1965-".www.livemint.com.
- ^"The first Indians on Everest-First successful Indian Expedition of 1965-".www.himalayanclub.org.
- ^"Sonam Wangyal: From Surviving a Chinese Ambush to Standing on Mt. Everest".The Wire.Retrieved6 September2021.
- ^"Padma Shree for The first Indians on Everest on 1965-".www.dashboard-padmaawards.gov.in.
- ^"Padma Awards Directory (1954–2013)"(PDF).Ministry of Home Affairs.
- ^"Arjuna Award for The first Indians on Everest on 1965-".www.sportsauthorityofindia.nic.in.
- ^M.P. Nathanael (7 July 2002)."He has lived a hero's life".The Sunday Tribune.Retrieved19 March2014.
See also
[edit]- Indian summiters of Mount Everest - Year wise
- List of Mount Everest summiters by number of times to the summit
- List of Mount Everest records of India
- List of Mount Everest records
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