 President, Shri Ram Nath Kovind presenting the Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award, 2017 to Jamsenpa | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Main discipline | Mountaineer and Promoter for Adventure |
| Born | 31 December 1979 Bomdila, West Kameng district, Arunachal Pradesh, India |
| Nationality |  India |
| Career | |
| Notable ascents | The first Indian woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest 5 times |
| Family | |
| Spouse | Tsering Wange |
| Children | 2 |
Anshu Jamsenpa is an Indian mountaineer and the first woman in the world to scale the summit of Mount Everest twice in a season, and the fastest double summiter to do so within five days.[1][2] It is also the fastest double ascent of the tallest crest by a woman. She is from Bomdila, headquarters of West Kameng district, Arunachal Pradesh - the state that holds the most north-eastern position in India.[3] She was awarded India's fourth-highest civilian award the Padma Shri in 2021.[4][5]
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- ^ "Padma Awards 2021 announced". Ministry of Home Affairs. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
- ^ "Shinzo Abe, Tarun Gogoi, Ram Vilas Paswan among Padma Award winners: Complete list". The Times of India. 25 January 2021. Retrieved 25 January 2021.