Reach for the Top 

 the onls woman in the word who has scaled mt everest twice was born in a society where the birth of a son was ragarded as a blessing and a daughter thuogh not considered a curse was not generally welcome .

When her mother was expecting santosh a travelling holy man giving her his blessing assumed that she wanted a son but to everyone surprise the unborn child grandmother who was standing close by told him that they did not want .

A son the holy man was also surprised nevertheleless he gave the requested blessing and as destiny would have it the blessing seemed to work santosh was born the sixth child in a family with five sons a sister to fivr broyhers. 

she was born in small village of joniyawas of rewari district in haryana.

the girl was given the name santosh which means contentment. but santosh was not always content with her place in a teaditonal way of life. she began living life on her own termays content with has place in a traditional way of start.