Women Expedition Team from West Bengal Successfully Summited Mt. Tinchenkang

Dream Wanderlust | Oct 18 , 2015

Women Expedition Team (sponsored by WBMASF) successfully summited to Mt. Tinchenkang (6010m) on 8th October, 2015. "We started our journey on 29th September from Yaksum and reached base camp on 3rd october, 2015. We 5 members (Mahua Biswas, Unnati Panday, Sujata Bhattacharya, Piyali Basak, Umme Kulsum) along with 4 sherpas approached to final summit at 1:30 PM (8th Oct) midnight and successfully scaled Mt. Tinchenkang at 8:00 AM on 8th October, 2015.", said Mahua Biswas, the leader of the expedition team. The team have returned to Kolkata on 16th October, 2015.

"It was a challenging expedition. Despite of odds and obstacles we face everyday just being woman.", Mahua Biswas added.

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Summit members: Mahua Biswas (leader), Unnati Panday, Sujata Bhattacharya, Piyali Basak, Umme Kulsum.
Summit date: 8th October, 2015
Team Lenght: 10 Members
Photo courtesy: Sujata Bhattacharya, Aang Sherpa