Priyanka Mohite, on Friday (April 16), became the 1st Indian lady to scale Mt Annapurna, the tenth highest mountain in the world. Priyanka also holds the record for being the 1st lady in India to scale Mt Makalu, the fifth highest mountain in the world at 8,485 metres. The 26-year-old mountaineer from Satara in Maharashtra had accomplished this feat in May 2019. Scaling new heights has been a familiar turf for Priyanka, who has also previously climbed Mt Everest in 2013 and Mt Lhotse in 2018. She scaled Mt Everest at the age of 21, creating her the third youngest Indian to do so.
Her most current achievement was celebrated on Twitter by the founder and chairperson of Biocon, Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw. Priyanka is an employee of Syngene International, a publicly listed subsidiary of Biocon. Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw wrote, “Our colleague Priyanka Mohite scaled the peak of Mt. Annapurna, (8091 mtrs) 10th highest mountain in the world, on 16th April 2021 at 1.30pm.- first Indian woman to do so! We at @SyngeneIntl are so very proud of her,” followed by clap emojis.
Our colleague Priyanka Mohite scaled the peak of Mt. Annapurna, (8091 mtrs) 10th highest mountain in the world, on 16th April 2021 at 1.30pm.- 1st Indian lady to do so! We at @SyngeneIntl are so quite proud of her 👏👏 pic.twitter.com/Eh85xy46g0
— Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw (@kiranshaw) April 19, 2021
Twitter reacted to the news with words of praise and encouragement. Wishing Priyanka more such records, one user wrote, “Great!!! Congrats to Priyanka. Keep scaling more and more heights!!! Have a fabulous year ahead.”
Great!!! Congrats to Priyanka. Keep scaling more and more heights!!! Have a fabulous year ahead.
— Dayakar Reddy Palwai (@dayakarreddyp) April 19, 2021
Another stated, “Fabulous…What a feat!”
Fabulous 👏👏👏. What a feat!
— Papa CJ: Comedian • Author • Executive Coach (@PapaCJ) April 19, 2021
Many also stated that positive news such as this is a morale booster in these bleak instances.
Congratulations …. Priyanka Mohite… we will need more positive and celebratory news like this.
— Francis Clement (@fracle) April 19, 2021
Sharing that Priyanka’s achievement was an inspiration, one user stated, “When I joined Syngene, we had a great talk by her. Very inspiring indeed.”
When I joined Syngene, we had terrific speak by her. Very inspiring certainly..???? pic.twitter.com/eHjhUK7a1A
— Sowmya (@write2sowmyak) April 19, 2021
Priyanka also responded to the tweet by thanking Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw.
Thank you so considerably for your help ma’am. https://t.co/Ir6Ih8cCnz
— Priyanka Mohite (@MountainPri) April 19, 2021
Take a look at some of the other tweets in praise of Priyanka.
Greater achievement congratulations. Women empowerment nothing at all is not possible ????????????♀️????♀️????♀️
— Sofia Haseeb Siddiqui (@sofiahaseeb98) April 19, 2021
10th highest but almost certainly the most risky of all eight thousanders
— Sameer Arora (@_sameerarora) April 19, 2021
According to the Kathmandu Post, as numerous as 68 females scaled Mt Annapurna on Friday. This is the highest quantity of climbers to attain the major of the mountain in a single day.