Nepal\u2019s Purnima Shrestha has become the first woman mountaineer to successfully ascend the world\u2019s eight tallest peak, Mount Dhaulagiri.<\/p>\n
Purnima, along with 19 team members, scaled the 8,167-metre peak located at Dhaulagiri Rural Municipality-4 in Myagdi district at 5 AM today.<\/p>\n
The mountaineering team had started their climb on September 18 from Marpha of Mustang district with the management of the Seven Summit Trekking Company, Kathmandu.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is the first ascent to Mt. Dhaulagiri by a Nepali woman. Prior to this, there is no record of Nepali woman climbing to Mt Dhaulagiri before,\u201d said the trekking company\u2019s head Mingma Sherpa.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
However, it is yet to be confirmed whether Shrestha and other members of the expedition team ascended to the top of the mountain.<\/p>\n
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Photojournalist by profession, Purnima earlier<\/a> this year scaled Mt. Annapurna-I on April 16. Likewise, she also successfully scaled world\u2019s tallest peaks Mt. Everest, Mt. Manaslu and Mt. Amadablam.<\/p>\n
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Nepal\u2019s Purnima Shrestha has become the first woman mountaineer to successfully ascend the world\u2019s eight tallest…<\/span><\/p>\n