Aparna Kumar becomes the first IPS officer to scale the 'Seven Summits'

3 Jul 2019

Aparna Kumar becomes the first IPS officer to scale the ‘Seven Summits’

Aparna Kumar becomes the first IPS officer to scale the ‘Seven Summits’On 30th June, Aparna Kumar reached the peak of Mount Denali in Alaska, US to become the first IPS officer (Indian Police Service) to climb the 'Seven Summits'.

She is currently serving as Deputy Inspector General (DIG), Indian Tibetan Border Police (ITBP).
 	Aparna Kumar was also the first woman IPS DIG and ITBP officer to successfully complete the South Pole expedition.

The 'Seven Summits' are the highest mountains on each of the seven continents. They are:

Asia – Mount Everest, Nepal (29,029 ft)
 	South America – Mount Aconcagua, Argentina (22,838 ft)
 	North America – Mount Denali, the United States (20,322 ft)
 	Africa – Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania (19,341 ft)
 	Europe – Mount Elbrus, Russia (18,510 ft)
 	Antartica – Mount Vinson (16,050 ft)
 	Australia – Mount Kosciuszko, Australia (7,310 ft)

The first person to climb the Seven Summits was Richard Bass of the United States in 1986.

Around 300 people have climbed the Seven Summits to this day. Some of them are:

Junko Tabei of Japan in 1992 (the first woman to do so).
 	Jordan Romero of the US in 2011 (the youngest person to achieve the goal at the age of 15 years)
 	Colonel Ranveer Singh Jamwal of India in 2019 (the first Indian and army officer to achieve the goal).

Credit: TCP

Image Credits: Twitter@ITBP

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