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Priyanka Mohite of the Satara district of Maharashtra has become the first Indian woman to summit five peaks over 8000 metres. After ascending Mount Kanchenjunga, Priyanka reached the milestone. On May 5, at 4:42 p.m., the 30-year-old ascended the world's third highest peak. Priyanka works for a Bengaluru-based pharmaceutical research firm.

She also received the coveted Tenzing Norgay Adventure Award in 2020. Mount Everest was climbed in 2013, Mount Lhotse in 2018, Mount Makalu in 2019, and Annapurna 1 in 2021 by the 30-year-old. She is also the first woman from India to summit Annapurna 1 and Makalu.

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She ascended the second mountain in 2018 after Nepal was damaged by a snowfall in 2014 and an earthquake in 2015. Priyanka had planned to climb Mount Kanchenjunga in 2020, but was unable to do so owing to the COVID-19 pandemic. She began mountain climbing as a teenager in Maharashtra's Shayadri region. Priyanka climbed Bandarpunch in 2012. The Himalayan massif of Uttarakhand's Garhwal division includes Bandrapunch. Priyanka ascended Mt. Menthosa, which is 6443 metres above sea level, in 2015. It is the second highest peak in the Lahaul and Spiti district of Himachal Pradesh.

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