Stunning, really stunning.
On 6/2/13, Ashik <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Friends, > > With the kind permission of Mr Harish Kotian, I post the following details > on this forum: > > > > Arunima "Sonu" Sinha (born 1988) is the first female amputee to climb Mount > Everest. > > She is also the first Indian amputee to climb Mount Everest. > > > > She was a national level volleyball player who was pushed out of a running > train by thieves in 2011 while resisting them. One of her legs had to be > amputated below the knee as a result. > > > > Early life and career [ > > > > Sinha is from Ambedkar Nagar in Uttar Pradesh,India. She had qualified as a > Head Constable in the CISF in 2012. > > She married Robin Chitravanshi in November 2010, but filed for divorce 20 > days later. > > > > Train accident > > > > Sinha, a former national volleyball and football player, boarded the > Padmavati Express train at Lucknow for Delhi on 11 April 2011, to take an > examination to join the CISF. She was pushed out of a general coach of the > train by thieves wanting to snatch her bag and gold chain. Recounting the > incident, she said, "I resisted and they pushed me out of the train. I could > not move. I remember seeing a train coming towards me. I tried getting up. > By then, the train had run over my leg. I don't remember anything after > that." > > > > Immediately, as she fell on the railway track, another train on a parallel > track crushed her leg below the knee. She was rushed to the hospital with > serious leg and pelvic injuries, and lost her leg after doctors amputated it > to save her life. > > > > She was offered compensation of INR25000 (US$460) by the Indian Sports > Ministry. Following national outrage, the Minister of State for Youth > Affairs and Sports Ajay Maken announced an additional Rs. INR 200000 > (US$3,700) compensation as medical relief, together with a recommendation > for a job in the CISF. > > Indian Railways also offered her a job. > > > > On 18 April 2011, she was brought to the All India Institute of Medical > Sciences for further treatment, spending four months at the Institute. > > > > She was provided a prosthetic leg free of cost by a private Delhi-based > Indian company. > > > > An inquiry by the police into the incident threw her version of the accident > into doubt. According to the police, she was either attempting suicide or > met with an accident while crossing the railway tracks. Sinha claimed that > the police were lying. > > > > Mount Everest ascent [ > > > > Planning and training [ > > > > While still being treated in the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, > she resolved to climb Mount Everest. > > She was inspired by cricketer Yuvraj Singh, who had successfully battled > cancer, "to do something" with her life. > > > > She excelled in the basic mountaineering course from the Nehru Institute of > Mountaineering, Uttarkashi, and was encouraged by her elder brother > Omprakash to climb Everest with a prosthetic leg. > > > > She contacted Bachendri Pal, the first Indian woman to climb Mount Everest, > in 2011 by telephone and signed up for training under her at the Uttarkashi > camp of the Tata Steel Adventure Foundation (TSAF) 2012. > > > > Sinha climbed Island Peak (6150 metres) in 2012 as preparation for her > ascent of Everest > > > > The climb [ > > > > On 1 April 2013, Sinha and Susen Mahto, a TSAF instructor, who had together > climbed Mount Chhamser Kangri (6622 metres) in 2012 under the guidance of > Bachendri Pal started their ascent of Mount Everest. > > > > After a hard toil of 17 hours, Sinha reached the summit of Mount Everest > at 10:55 am on 21 May 2013, as part of the Tata Group-sponsored Eco Everest > Expedition, becoming the first female amputee to scale Everest. She took 52 > days to reach the summit. > > > > Aftermath [ > > > > She was congratulated by the Indian Sports Minister Jitendra Singh on her > achievement. > > > > > > "An Indian woman who lost her leg after she was thrown from a moving train > two years ago has become the first female amputee to climb Everest > expedition." > > organisers said on Wednesday. > > > > Arunima Sinha, 26, from the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, reached the > peak on Tuesday morning after a slow climb from Everest Base Camp. > > > > "She left high camp at 6pm on Monday evening and arrived at the summit at > 10:55 am (0510 GMT) on Tuesday," Ang Tshering Sherpa, founder of Asian > Trekking, the company that organised the expedition, told AFP. > > > > Sinha's guides were concerned about her slow pace until the team reached an > 8,750-metre (28,707 foot) junction that climbers pass through on their way > to the top of the mountain, Sherpa said. > > > > "But once she got to that point, she gained energy and confidence and > started moving really quickly," Sherpa said. > > > > Two years ago, the former national-level volleyball player was shoved from a > moving train by thieves when she reportedly attempted to fight them off as > they tried to stealing her purse. > > > > A passing train crushed her left leg, forcing doctors to amputate below the > knee to save her life. > > > Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of > mobile phones / Tabs on: > http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > > Search for old postings at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > To unsubscribe send a message to > [email protected] > with the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please > visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > > Disclaimer: > 1. 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