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Love Raj Singh Dharmshaktu Mountaineer from Uttarakhand- लव राज सिंह धर्मसक्तू
एम.एस. मेहता /M S Mehta 9910532720:
Padamshree -Lov Raj Singh Dharmshaktu
Dosto,
Love Raj Singh Dharmashaktu is a famous Indian Mountaineer who born in Bona village, Kumaon (Pithoragarh) District. He has climed 5 times to world's largest peak Everest. He will be attempting for 6th attempt along with this team for the Everest.
A brief information about Mr Lov Raj Singh Dharmshaktu
Love Raj Singh Dharmshaktu is an Indian mountaineer who has climbed Mount Everest five times.He was awarded the Padma Shri by Government of India in 2014.
Dharmashaktu is from Bona village, Kumaon Himalaya. He worked at Uttar Pradesh Tourism office on Special Duty and took his adventure course. Later he completed Basic Mountaineering and Advanced Mountaineering courses from Nehru Institute of Mountaineering(NIM) in 1990. He earned a specialisation in Search and Rescue.
His wife, Reena Kaushal Dharmshaktu from Delhi, is also a mountaineer and holds the record as the first woman from India to ski to reach the South Pole from the coast of the Antarctica, in 2009 as a part of 8-women Kaspersky Commonwealth Antarctica Expedition.
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Mountaineering experience
In 1989, Dharmashaktu climbed Nanda Kot (6861 meters), accompanying as a part of a mountaineering team from Lucknow. He reached the peak. He was part of mountaineering teams that attempted Mamostong Kangri (7516 mt) in Ladakh and Nanda Bhaner (6236 mt) during 1992. He was liaison officer for a British team that attempted Nanda Ghunti (6309mt) in 1997. In 2008, he reached the summit of Kanchenjunga (8586 mt) along with a BSF team.[1] As of June 2012, he has climbed about 38 peaks.[3]
Everest ascents
In 1998, he summited Mt. Everest as a part of the first Indian civilian expedition.
In 2006, he climbed Mt. Everest for the second time with a team of BSF.
In 2009, he led a team of NIM to Everest and reached the summit.
In May 2012, summit Everest again, as a member of Eco Everest Expedition, which also focussed on cleaning the mountain.[3]
On 21, May 2013, he reached the summit of Everest for the fifth time.
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Recognition
2003 – Tenzing Norgey National Adventure Award [3]
2014: Padma Shri by Government of India[4]
एम.एस. मेहता /M S Mehta 9910532720:
From Mr Love Raj facebook profile. I think he is at his native place.
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