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ON TOP OF THE WORLD: An advocate by profession, Kalpana always wanted to climb the Everest.

ON TOP OF THE WORLD: An advocate by profession, Kalpana always wanted to climb the Everest.

The Everest climber: From the pits to the peak

Kalpana Dash made history when she scaled the world’s highest peak Mount Everest last week. In 2004 she first tried climbing the Everest but failed. Then in 2006 with hardly a few hundred meters left to reach the peak she had to turn back due to bad weather. But such deterrents never stopped Kalpana.

TAKING A HIKE: Tenzing Norgay (L) and Edmund Hillary of New Zealand in this 1953 handout photo.

The big heroes who conquered new heights

The conquest of Mount Everest by Sir Edmund Hillary, a great mountaineering feat.

http://www.ibnlive.com/news/the-big-heroes-who-conquered-new-heights/56219-26.html

ON TOP OF THE WORLD: Edmund Hillary (R) and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay after scaling the Everest.

Everester Edmund Hillary dead | Obit | CJ pics

Hillary - who first conquered Mt Everest - was New Zealand's best known son.

http://www.ibnlive.com/news/everester-edmund-hillary-dead--obit--cj-pics/56211-2.html

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