Chhanda Gayen

Chhanda Gayen (Bengali: ছন্দা গায়েন; 9 July 1979 – 20 May 2014)^[1] was an Indian climber, martial artist, explorer, and teacher of self-defense. She is best known for being the first, and fastest, Indian to climb two eight-thousanders, Mount Everest and Lhotse, in one go, which she did on 18 May 2013.^[2][3][4] She completed the traverse from the summit of Mount Everest to the summit of Lhotse in 22 hours.

Chhanda Gayen
Gayen at Mt. Everest summit, 2013
Born	(1979-07-09)9 July 1979 Kona, West Bengal, India
Died	20 May 2014(2014-05-20) (aged 34) Kanchenjunga
Nationality	Indian
Occupation	Mountaineer
Known for	Summiting Mount Everest

Chhanda Gayen in 2013

Born in a Bengali family on 9 July 1979, Gayen was awarded "Sera Avishkar" in Sera Bengali 2013 from ABP Ananda, at the age of 24.^{[5][6][7][8][9]}

2014 avalanche

Negotiating crevasse near Khumbu Icefalls

On 20 May 2014, she went missing along with two sherpas in an avalanche while descending from the summit of Kanchenjunga in Nepal.^[10] All three of them were later declared to have died in the avalanche.^[1]

See also

• Indian summiters of Mount Everest - Year wise
• List of Mount Everest summiters by number of times to the summit
• List of Mount Everest records of India
• List of Mount Everest records