Sangeeta Sindhi Bahl


Sangeeta S Bahl is the Indian woman hailing from the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir who scaled the world's tallest mountain peak Mount Everest in May, 2018 and became the oldest Indian woman to have scaled the world's tallest peak, at the age of 53 years. She also became the first woman from Jammu and Kashmir to scale the mountain. In addition to this she is a former Miss India finalist in 1985.

Career

As per her the idea of mountaineering came to her from her husband in 2011. It was in 2011 that the professional thought about mountaineering came to her and she climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro with her husband. Two years later, Bahl climbed Mt. Elbrus, Europe’s highest peak before becoming the third Indian woman climber to climb Mt. Vinson in Antarctica in 2014. One year later, she also scaled Mt. Aconcagua, highest peak of South America.
She is the Founder, Director and Image Consultant of Impact Image Consultants, a Gurgaon based professional company specializing in Image Consultancy. Additionally, as a Keynote Speaker and Trainer, she specialises in Mentoring and Coaching individuals, and corporate staff as well.

Mount Everest climb 2018

During Bahl's previous attempt to climb everest in 2017 she narrowly missed out on conquering the highest peak in the world, standing at 29,035 feet previous year due to altitude sickness. She was with six other climbers who suffered from high-altitude sickness and had to be evacuated.

Climbing Details of the six peaks of Seven Summits

No.ImagePeakElevationContinentDate of Summit
1Mount EverestAsia2018
2AconcaguaSouth America2015
3KilimanjaroAfrica
2011
4Mount ElbrusEurope2013
5Mount VinsonAntarctica2014
6Mount KosiouskoAustralia2016

Personal life

She was born in Jammu, the summer capital city of the state of Jammu and Kashmir. Her husband is Ankur Bahl and they have one son Aarnav Bahl.