Dicky Dolma Explained

Dicky Dolma (born 5 April 1974) is an Indian mountaineer, known for being the youngest woman to summit Mount Everest up to that time at the age of 19 on 10 May 1993.^{[1] [2]} This occurred on the Indo-Nepal Everest Expedition.^[3]

This Indo-Nepal Women's Everest Expedition was led by Bachendri Pal who was the first Indian woman to summit Mount Everest in 1984.^[3] Dicky was also a skier and attended numerous sporting competitions including the 1989 All-India Open Auli Ski Festival and the Asian Winter Games in 1999.^[3] She took ski training courses and basic mountaineering courses by the Manali Institute.^[3] In the same expedition as Dicky Dolma, Santosh Yadav summited Mount Everest for the second time, the first woman to summit twice.^[4] Dolma came from Palchan Village near Manali of Himachal Pradesh state in India.^[5] She was also awarded the 1994 National Adventure Award.^[6]

Previous record holders up to Dolma for youngest Woman to summit Everest (age at summiting):

• Junko Tabei, born 22 September 1939, summited 16 May 1975, age 35 years, 236 days
• Bachendri Pal, born 25 April 1954, summited 23 May 1984, age 30 years, 28 days
• Sharon Wood, born 18 May 1957, summited 20 May 1986, age 29 years, 2 days
• Lydia Bradey, born 9 October 1961, summited 14 Oct 1988, age 27 years, 5 days
• Santosh Yadav, born 10 October 1967, summited 12 May 1992, age 24 years, 215 days
• Kim Soon-Jo, born 10 August 1970, summited 10 May 1993, age 22 years, 273 days
• Dicky Dolma, born 5 April 1974, summited 10 May 1993, age 19 years, 35 days

See also

• Chhurim
• Indian summiters of Mount Everest - Year wise
• Lhakpa Sherpa
• List of Mount Everest records
• List of Mount Everest records of India
• List of Mount Everest summiters by number of times to the summit
• List of 20th-century summiters of Mount Everest
• Malavath Purna
• Ming Kipa

External links

• Dicky Dolma Everest History

Notes and References

1. New Seasons Course Book 6, 2/E By Manuja Sarita, Page 85
2. Web site: Everest 2005: Chris Harris, 14 . 2016-01-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160205080541/http://www.mounteverest.net/story/Everest2005ChrisHarris,14Dec92004.shtml . 2016-02-05 . dead .
3. http://www.everesthistory.com/climbers/dolma.htm EverestHistory.com: Dicky Dolma
4. Encyclopaedia of Indian Events & Dates - By S. B. Bhattacherje - Page A274
5. https://books.google.com/books?id=PzduAAAAMAAJ&q=Dicky+Dolma&dq=Dicky+Dolma Punjab History Conference, Thirty-seventh Session, 18-20 March 2005
6. National Adventure Awards Announced. Press Information Bureau, India. 18 September 2020. 20 July 1995.