Indian mountaineer
Dicky Dolma (born 5 April 1974) is an Indian mountaineer, known for being the youngest woman to summit Mount Everest up to that time at the age of 19 on 10 May 1993.[1][2] This occurred on the Indo-Nepal Everest Expedition.[3] This Indo-Nepal Women's Everest Expedition was led by Bachendri Pal who was the first Indian woman to summit Mount Everest in 1984.[3] Dicky was also a skier and attended numerous sporting competitions including the 1989 All-India Open Auli Ski Festival and the Asian Winter Games in 1999.[3] She took ski training courses and basic mountaineering courses by the Manali Institute.[3] In the same expedition as Dicky Dolma, Santosh Yadav summited Mount Everest for the second time, the first woman to summit twice.[4] Dolma came from Palchan Village near Manali of Himachal Pradesh state in India.[5] She was also awarded the 1994 National Adventure Award.[6]
Previous record holders up to Dolma for youngest Woman to summit Everest (age at summiting):[7]
- Junko Tabei, born 22 September 1939, summited, 16 May 1975, age 35 years, 236 days
- Bachendri Pal, born 25 April 1954, summited 23 May 1984, age 30 years, 28 days
- Sharon Wood, born 18 May 1957, summited 20 May 1986, age 29 years, 2 days
- Lydia Bradey, born 9 October 1961, summited 14 Oct 1988, age 27 years, 5 days
- Santosh Yadav, born 10 October 1967, summited12 May 1992, age 24 years, 215 days
- Kim Soon-Jo, born 10 August 1970, summited 10 May 1993, age 22 years, 273 days
- Dicky Dolma, born 5 April 1974, summited 10 May 1993, age 19 years, 35 days
