After Mount Everest, Krushnaa eyes Seven Summits

Krushnaa Patil conquered Mount Everest when she was all of 19 back in 2009 and now the Indian mountaineer is eyeing the "Seven Summits", claiming that her previous attempt at scaling them was sabotaged by "politics".
"Yes, I would like to one day complete the Seven Summits. I will try to tick it off my wish-list," Patil told PTI.
Patil, after conquering Everest in 2009, had embarked on a quest to become the first Indian woman to scale the "Seven Summits".
Within a year she summited six of the seven peaks but aborted the attempt on the last remaining peak -- Mount McKinley, the highest peak in North America.

Alleging malafide intentions behind her aborted attempt, she said, "Alaska (Mount McKinley) was stalled. I was not allowed... Some politics was behind it as some did not want me to become the fastest woman to complete the seven summits."
Indian mountaineering has made many records in the past few years. Last year, 13-year-old Malavath Poorna became the youngest person to conquer the Mount Everest and the Malik sisters, Tashi and Nungshi, became the world's first siblings and twins to climb Seven Summits together.

Recently, Patil had taken part in relief efforts in Nepal after the devastating earthquake in April.
In a new role, the Pune girl, along with seven other celebrated mountaineers from different continents, will embark on an over 2400 km long 55-day expedition along the Ganges river from October 20.

The duo of Liv Arnesen and Ann Bancroft -- the first women to ski across Antarctica -- will lead the all-woman team consisting of members from Chile, India, Norway, China, South Africa, Israel, New Zealand and the United States.
Arnesen, who was the first woman to ski solo and unsupported to the South pole, said the team members were "people who have hearts to change the world".
"We aim to raise awareness, incite advocacy and ignite action for the global water crisis," she said.
Patil's team hopes to stimulate a conversation with millions of youth to inspire future world leaders to demand a safe and abundant world, starting with access to clean water.

The seven-continent, multi-year expedition series, titled Access Water, will see the team visit each continent every few years, ending with an expedition to Antarctica.