"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."
Indian mountaineer and former national-level volleyball player who became the first female amputee to summit Mount Everest. She later completed major peaks as part of global mountaineering goals. She was born in 1989.