Purnima Shrestha
{{Short description|Nepalese mountaineer and photojournalist}}
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Purnima Shrestha ({{Langx|ne|पूर्णिमा श्रेष्ठ}}), a Nepalese mountaineer and photojournalist is the first person to successfully summit Mt. Everest (Sagarmatha) three times in a single climbing season, she is also one of the first six-member women team to climb the peak of Dhaulagiri, the seventh highest mountain in the world. She has climbed Mount Everest five times.
Early life
Shrestha was born in Arughat, Gorkha, Gandaki Province, Nepal.{{Cite web|last=Magar|first=Bikash Roka|date=19 October 2021|title=Purnima Shrestha: A photojournalist's bid to establish herself atop mountains|url=https://english.onlinekhabar.com/purnima-shrestha-nepal-mountain.html|url-status=live|access-date=30 October 2021|website=OnlineKhabar|language=en-GB|archive-date=19 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211019041522/https://english.onlinekhabar.com/purnima-shrestha-nepal-mountain.html}}{{Cite web|last=Karn|first=Priyanjali|date=27 October 2021|title=Purnima Shrestha: Passion to climb, urge to click|url=https://theannapurnaexpress.com/news/purnima-shrestha-passion-to-climb-urge-to-click-3723|url-status=live|access-date=30 October 2021|website=The Annapurna Express|language=en|archive-date=27 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211027201434/https://theannapurnaexpress.com/news/purnima-shrestha-passion-to-climb-urge-to-click-3723}} Growing up, she wanted to do "something big in life". Later she became a photojournalist.{{Cite web|last=Bastola|first=Eak Raj|date=15 February 2020|title=Responding mountains' call rejuvenates: Purnima Shrestha|url=https://english.khabarhub.com/2020/15/75583/|url-status=live|access-date=30 October 2021|website=Khabarhub|language=en|archive-date=24 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210124002149/https://english.khabarhub.com/2020/15/75583/}} She is a member of the Photo Journalists’ (PJ) Club.{{Cite web|date=20 May 2018|title=Purnima First Lenswoman Atop Everest|url=https://www.spotlightnepal.com/2018/05/20/purnima-first-lenswoman-atop-everest/|url-status=live|access-date=30 October 2021|website=SpotlightNepal|language=en|archive-date=10 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200810214518/https://www.spotlightnepal.com/2018/05/20/purnima-first-lenswoman-atop-everest/}}
Mountaineering
In 2017, Shrestha visited the Everest Base Camp to cover the Everest Marathon, she describes this event where she became attracted to the mountains. On 26 September 2017, Shrestha started her mountaineering career with Manaslu, the 8th-highest mountain in the world.{{Cite web|title=Photo journalist Purnima Shrestha summits Everest|url=https://kathmandupost.com/miscellaneous/2018/05/19/photo-journalist-purnima-shrestha-summits-everest|url-status=live|access-date=30 October 2021|website=The Kathmandu Post|language=English|archive-date=30 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211030143540/https://kathmandupost.com/miscellaneous/2018/05/19/photo-journalist-purnima-shrestha-summits-everest}} Although she did not have any previous experience or training in mountaineering, Shrestha wanted her first climb to be on Mount Everest, but, after everyone told her to choose a smaller mountain she opted for Manaslu.
In 2018, she summited Mount Everest, her second eight-thousander.{{Cite news|last=Khadka|first=Navin Singh|date=18 April 2018|title=100 Women: 'Record number' of Nepalese women climbing Everest this season|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-43803657|access-date=30 October 2021|archive-date=22 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201122233953/https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-43803657|url-status=live}} The next year, she climbed Ama Dablam.{{Cite web|title=Shrestha, Sherpa become first Nepali women to summit Dhaulagiri|url=https://risingnepaldaily.com/main-news/shrestha-sherpa-become-first-nepali-women-to-summit-dhaulagiri|url-status=live|access-date=30 October 2021|website=The Rising Nepal|language=en|archive-date=3 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211003015207/https://risingnepaldaily.com/main-news/shrestha-sherpa-become-first-nepali-women-to-summit-dhaulagiri}} In 2021, Shrestha with six other women climbed the peak of Annapurna.{{Cite web|title=Purnima aims to be first woman to scale Annapurna I|url=https://risingnepaldaily.com/main-news/purnima-aims-to-be-first-woman-to-scale-annapurna-i|url-status=live|access-date=30 October 2021|website=The Rising Nepal|language=en|archive-date=20 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210320001846/https://risingnepaldaily.com/main-news/purnima-aims-to-be-first-woman-to-scale-annapurna-i}} They became the first Nepali women to reach the summit of Annapurna.{{Cite web|title=Female journalist Shrestha to ascend Mt Annapurna I|url=https://english.khabarhub.com/2021/19/171615/|access-date=30 October 2021|website=Khabarhub|language=en|archive-date=30 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211030143539/https://english.khabarhub.com/2021/19/171615/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|title=Six women become the first Nepali women to climb 8,091-metre Annapurna I|url=https://kathmandupost.com/national/2021/04/16/five-nepali-women-become-the-first-to-climb-8-091-metre-annapurna-i|url-status=live|access-date=30 October 2021|website=The Kathmandu Post|language=English|archive-date=24 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210424063244/https://kathmandupost.com/national/2021/04/16/five-nepali-women-become-the-first-to-climb-8-091-metre-annapurna-i}} For their climb, the team received various honours.{{Cite web|title=Mountaineer Purnima honored|url=http://myrepublica.nagariknetwork.com/news/109425/|url-status=live|access-date=30 October 2021|website=My Republica|language=en|archive-date=25 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210425114136/https://myrepublica.nagariknetwork.com/news/109425/}} In October 2021, Shrestha with Pasang Lhamu Sherpa Akita both became the first women to successfully climb Dhaulagiri, the seventh highest mountain in the world.{{Cite web|title=Photo journalist Purnima feted for climbing Mt Dhaulagiri|url=https://english.khabarhub.com/2021/07/213827/|access-date=30 October 2021|website=Khabarhub|language=en|archive-date=7 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211007014029/https://english.khabarhub.com/2021/07/213827/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|date=1 October 2021|title=Pasang Lhamu, Purnima Shrestha become first Nepali women to scale Mt Dhaulagiri|url=https://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/pasang-lhamu-purnima-shrestha-become-first-nepali-women-to-scale-mt-dhaulagiri|url-status=live|access-date=30 October 2021|website=The Himalayan Times|language=en|archive-date=2 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211002234550/https://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/pasang-lhamu-purnima-shrestha-become-first-nepali-women-to-scale-mt-dhaulagiri}}{{Cite web|title=A Nepali Woman Photo Journalist Scale Mt Dhaulagiri|url=https://www.spotlightnepal.com/2021/10/01/nepali-woman-photo-journalist-scale-mt-dhaulagiri/|url-status=live|access-date=30 October 2021|website=SpotlightNepal|language=en|archive-date=6 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211006165045/https://www.spotlightnepal.com/2021/10/01/nepali-woman-photo-journalist-scale-mt-dhaulagiri/}}
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