21 May,2009 12:07 PM IST | | PTI
Krishna Patil on Thursday became the first Maharashtrian woman to conquer the world's highest peak, Mount Everest.
"She scaled Mount Everest around 7 am (local time)," Hrishikesh Yadav, leader of a successful Everest expedition in 1998, said. The Pune-based Patil was part of a commercial expedition organised by Asian Trekking Agency in Nepal.
"I spoke to Aang Tshering Sherpa of the agency and he has confirmed that Patil scaled the peak this morning," Yadav said. Patil (25) has become only the second Maharashtrian to conquer the 8,848-metre high peak.
Surendra Chavan was the first from the state to achieve the feat, in 1998, as part of the Yadav-led expedition.
