Adventure



First Asian woman to swim across the English channel
Arati Saha, India (1959 Sep 29)

First woman to climb Everest
Junko Tabei of Japan via the South East Ridge (1975 May 16)

First Indian woman to climb Everest
Bachendri Pal. She was the 5th woman in the world to achieve this (1984 May 23)

First woman to conquer Everest twice
Santhosh Yadav, India (1993 May 10)

First woman to fly solo across the Atlantic
Amelia Earhart, from Harbor Grace, Newfoundland, to Ireland in 15 hrs. (1932 May)

First woman to swim the English channel
Getrude Ederle, in 14 hours and 39 minutes and she broke the existing men’s record. (1926 Aug 03)

First Indian woman to swim across seven seas of the world
Bula Choudhary, India. She was the first Indian woman to cross English channel twice. (2004)

First Indian woman to reach Antarctica
Meher Moos (1976)

First woman to set foot on North Pole
Ann Bancroft, USA (1986)

First woman to sail around the world solo in under 100days
Ellen MacArthur, English Sailor (2001)