I am always fascinated with Mount Everest. When I had gone to Nepal, got to see Mount Everest through Mountain flight. So, my trip brought me close to the highest peak of the world. Soon after that a TV serial named 'Everest' started. I used to regularly follow it. I never missed an episode of the same. The serial brought me closer to the peak. I came to know little bit about challenges of climbing Mount Everest. The emotions that a climber goes through and how Everest tests them. Truly The SagarMatha ( Nepali name of Mount Everest) calls only a few. The third instance that made me think again about Mt. Everest was when I read on Facebook that the mountaineer Sangeeta S Bahl is planning to climb the world's highest peak in April-May 2017, I wanted to talk to her. Good that she was available for the discussion and I was so glad that I got a chance to speak to her! I wanted to know a lot about Sangeeta S Bahl that made her 'Sangeeta S Bahl'. When I had an interaction with her, I was totally inspired and positive. So, here is the snippet of my interaction with Sangeeta S Bahl, the 'to be' Everest Climber. Sangeeta is planning to climb Everest in April-May, 2017.
- Sangeeta S Bahl , The Mountaineer
My interaction with Sangeeta S Bahl, the mountaineer
Q1.) What was the inspiration of first trek?
First trek was of a pilgrimage that happened immediately after my baby. Manisha Mahesh in Himachal is a pilgrimage that takes 14,500 ft. to climb. We took only 3 days. It was a quick trek for us. There is a lake at Manisha Mahesh
Second trek happened when my husband was turning 50 and wanted to summit Mt. Kilimanjaro in South Africa. His brother was supposed to go with him but he had to miss it due to some reason. So my husband gave me the offer. I asked him what needs to be done to trek. My husband said you have to be fit. So I lost weight and did cardio. So, I started getting trained. Four months later I climbed the 19,341 ft. in 8 days. At that time I was 47 years old. Camp for the last base was at Karafu camp. We climbed for 11 hrs and came back in 6 hours. Mountains are sacred and one shouldnt be there for a long time. Pay a sacred and come down quickly. When we reached the top, it was snowing. The beauty of mountain is that the base has desert all over. The top snows. At the top there was white out and extremely cold. Hard to believe that I was at the top. The thing that I noticed was that I was able to climb up without difficulty. Only I was tired and nothing else bad happened.
Second trek happened when my husband was turning 50 and wanted to summit Mt. Kilimanjaro in South Africa. His brother was supposed to go with him but he had to miss it due to some reason. So my husband gave me the offer. I asked him what needs to be done to trek. My husband said you have to be fit. So I lost weight and did cardio. So, I started getting trained. Four months later I climbed the 19,341 ft. in 8 days. At that time I was 47 years old. Camp for the last base was at Karafu camp. We climbed for 11 hrs and came back in 6 hours. Mountains are sacred and one shouldnt be there for a long time. Pay a sacred and come down quickly. When we reached the top, it was snowing. The beauty of mountain is that the base has desert all over. The top snows. At the top there was white out and extremely cold. Hard to believe that I was at the top. The thing that I noticed was that I was able to climb up without difficulty. Only I was tired and nothing else bad happened.
Nidhi KM
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