Arunima Sinha, who is a national-level volleyball player from India, has decided to conquer Mount Everest. Mount Everest has claimed the title of being the world’s highest peak at 8,848 meters above sea level.
Two years ago Arunima Sinha was thrown out of a moving train in Bareilly. She lost her leg in 2011 because she was thrown off the train after resisting a robbery attempt. Sinha was hit by a passing train and had retained serious leg and pelvic injuries. Doctors had to amputate her left leg below the knee. She decided to make her goal to climb Mt. Everest when she was undergoing treatment at AIIMS (All India Institute of Medical Sciences). In 2012, she successfully climbed the 21,120 feet mountain Chamser Kangri in Ladakh. She climbed with three other teammates and trained with Bachendri Pal, the first Indian woman to conquer Mt. Everest. If she does succeed at climbing Mt. Everest, she would become the first disabled Indian woman to achieve that goal. On April 1 she will begin her expedition with Susen Mahto. Susen Mahto is a mountaineer from Jharkhand. She also scaled the 6,662 meter high mountain in Ladakh with Arunima Sinha. They both have been trained by Bachendri Pal.
I think that when situations like these occur it really makes you think. While the majority of us complain about our daily lives and sit home and complain, people like Sinha are out there trying amazing experiences. She has been through a lot and the fact that she wants to climb up Mt. Everest with only one leg is bewildering. Her perseverance and determination must inspire so many people, and at the same time make a whole bunch of us look super lazy. She has so much strength and will power and reading the story makes me want to get out of my seat and do something right now too.
(WC 315)http://www.vancouverdesi.com/news/india/woman-with-one-leg-out-to-conquer-everest/525665/
http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-09-12/others/33788429_1_tata-steel-adventure-foundation-uttarkashi-disabled-woman
