![]() Early Life of Chhanda Gayen Chhanda Gayen was born on 9th July in the year 1979. Born in a well to do family, Chhanda Gayen was inspired by her mother Jaya Gayen, who was a hobby trekker. She started with a basic rock mountaineering training from the Institute of Exploration in the year 1998. She was different in small trekking and climbing expeditions. She attended many relevant training programs of mountaineering. Career of Chhanda Gayen Chhanda Gayen joined a rock climbing Basic Course in 1998 organized by The Institute of Explorations, Kolkata at Susunia Hills in Bankura District followed by Standard Course, organized by the Gorabazar Baharampur Town Club, West Bengal in the year 2005 at the same Susunia Hills. In the year 2006, Chhanda Gayen completed basic mountaineering courses from HMI (Darjeeling) with an advanced mountaineering training course. ![]() Other Achievements of Chhanda Gayen As a National Cadet, Chhanda Gayen participated in the All India Sikkim trek arranged by National Cadet Crops. In the year 2007, Chhanda Gayen summited Mount Fluted. Next year, Chhanda Gayen reached the vertex of both Mount Yogin 1 and Mount Yogin 3, which was an Indian record for an Indian woman. Her next expedition, at Mount Gongotri was in the year 2009. Chhanda Gayen participated in 17 IMS East Zone sports Climbing competitions in 2011. In the same year she reached the zenith of Mount Manirang. She summited Mount Everest and Mount Lhotse in same expedition in the year 2013, a world record. Death of Chhanda Gayen On 20th May 2014, Chhanda Gayen went missing along with two sherpas in an avalanche while descending the western side of Mount Kanchenjunga in Nepal. All three of them were later declared to have died in the avalanche. (Last Updated on : 31-01-2015) |
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