The Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) has successfully completed its first-ever all-women international mountaineering expedition to Mount Everest, with all 11 women climbers reaching the world’s highest peak on May 21.
According to an ITBP statement, the 14-member expedition team, comprising 11 women mountaineers and three technical and support personnel, scaled the 8,848-metre summit through the South Col route from the Nepal side. The first summit was recorded at 6:52 am.
Describing the achievement as a landmark moment in the force’s mountaineering history, the ITBP said the expedition demonstrated exceptional courage, endurance and teamwork under extreme high-altitude conditions.
“History was made on Mount Everest. ITBP’s first-ever All-Women Expedition summited Mount Everest (8,848 m) via the South Col Route on 21 May 2026.
With the first summit at 0652 hrs, all 11 women climbers reached the top. Proud moment for India,” the force said in a post on X.
The expedition was flagged off from the ITBP headquarters on April 19.
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Officials said the climbers faced severe weather, low oxygen levels and difficult ice-wall sections in the “Death Zone” above 8,000 metres before completing the ascent successfully.
The ITBP said the expedition underlined the force’s commitment to women empowerment, high-altitude operational excellence and adventure leadership.
As part of its “Clean Himalaya – Save Glacier” campaign, the expedition team also carried out environmental awareness activities and collected non-biodegradable waste from the Everest region during the climb.
With the latest expedition, the ITBP has now completed 232 mountaineering expeditions, including five successful Everest summits. The force has also scaled six of the world’s 14 peaks above 8,000 metres, Everest, Kanchenjunga, Makalu, Lhotse, Dhaulagiri and Manaslu.
Meanwhile, the Border Security Force (BSF) also announced that its first all-women Everest expedition team successfully scaled Mount Everest as part of its Diamond Jubilee celebrations.
The BSF team comprised Constable Kouser Fatima from Ladakh, Constable Munmun Ghosh from West Bengal, Constable Rabeka Singh from Uttarakhand and Constable Tsering Chorol from Kargil.
According to the BSF, the team marked the summit by singing “Vande Mataram” atop the peak, describing the achievement as a symbol of women empowerment, resilience and national pride.
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