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Arunima Sinha– She is the first female amputee to climb Mount Everest. This former national volleyball player lost her leg when she was pushed out of a train by thieves. She was determined to climb Everest with the help of her prosthetic leg and she did. She was awarded Padma Shri and Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award. While still being treated in the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, she resolved to climb Mount Everest. She was inspired by cricketer Yuvraj Singh (who had successfully battled cancer) and other television shows, "to do something" with her life. She excelled in the basic mountaineering course from the Nehru Institute of Mountaineering, Uttarkashi, and was encouraged by her elder brother Omprakash to climb Everest. She climbed Mt Everest with a prosthetic leg, which was arranged by raising funds with the help of a swami of Ramakrishna Mission, Vadodara.

Ajeet Bajaj– An adventurer and explorer, he became the first Indian to ski to the North Pole in April 2006 and the first to ski to both the North Pole and the South Pole in January 2007. He is the first Asian to have rafted and kayaked some of the most challenging rivers spanning six continents of the world. He was honored with Padma Shri by the Former President of India, Mrs. Pratibha Patil for his contribution to the adventure tourism in India. Bajaj has won a bronze medal in the national games for kayaking and a silver and two bronze medals in international rafting competitions in Switzerland and Siberia, Russia. He has captained an international team for world white water championships in Turkey.