Ajeet Bajaj, an adventure enthusiast and 25-year-old Deeya have become the first ever Indian father-daughter team to summit Mount Everest. After almost a year of planning and preparation, the two embarked on the journey to scale the towering mountain on April 19 from base camp. Exactly 28 days later, they were unfurling the Indian tricolour at the peak. It was an emotional moment, as they tell Discover India.
Why Everest?
Ajeet I was lucky to meet Sir Edmund Hillary when he was the New Zealand High Commissioner to India. I think he was a big inspiration. Having been into mountaineering, adventure, skiing, kayaking, rafting and diving throughout my life, I think somewhere along the way there was this desire to climb Mount Everest.
Was preparatory work intense?
Deeya We actually spent a year of concentrated effort with Everest being our goal. We did four practice expeditions—two in Ladakh, one in Nepal and one in France. All of them had different purposes but all with the eventual aim to climb Everest in May 2018.
Does the mountain treat people differently?
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