Asmita Dorjee of becameWorld’s Eighth Highest Mountain ‘Manaslu’

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  • On October 10, 2022, Asmita Dorjee of Jharkhand has created history by scaling the world’s eighth highest mountain ‘Manaslu’ in Nepal without oxygen supplementation.
  • Asmita Dorjee, Senior Instructor of Tata Steel Adventure Foundation (TSAF) has created history. She has made this record by climbing the world’s eighth highest mountain ‘Manaslu’ in Nepal.
  • She has scaled a height of 8163 meters without oxygen supplement. She is a resident of Sonari Kadma Link Road in Jamshedpur, Jharkhand. The Manaslu Summit was organized by the Government of Nepal.
  • Just four hours before Asmita Dorjee, Himachal’s Baljit Kaur completed this summit without oxygen.
  • It is known that Asmita had earlier gone on expeditions like Mount Everest without oxygen supplementation, but she could not complete the Everest Summit.

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