- The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports has announced the names of the four recipients of the Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award 2024.
- This prestigious honour recognizes outstanding performance and sustained contributions in the fields of land- and water-based adventure activities as well as adventure sports.
- This year's awardees include notable figures from the fields of mountaineering, para-swimming, and the promotion of adventure sports.
- The achievements of the winners exemplify courage, perseverance, and exceptional performance under challenging conditions.
- Mountaineer Baljeet Kaur has been honoured in the land adventure category.
- She made history by becoming the first Indian to scale five peaks exceeding an altitude of 8,000 meters in a single mountaineering season.
- Skalzang Rigzin has also received the award in the same category.
- He earned the distinction of being the first Indian to successfully summit Mount Everest without supplemental oxygen or Sherpa support.
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