Kolkata, May 23 -- Mountaineer Piyali Basak on Sunday achieved a new milestone in the history of Mountaineering in West Bengal by climbing Mount Everest (8848 mts) without the help of supplemental oxygen, a report reaching here said.

Piyali, who successfully scaled Mount Dhaulagiri I (8167 m) on Oct 1, 2021, and became the first Indian woman on the summit of world's seventh highest mountain without supplemental oxygen, unfurled the national tri-colour (Indian flag) at around 9 am Sunday, the report added quoting her agent office M/S Pioneer in Kathmandu.

Piyali, who was out to summit Mount Everest and Mount Lhotse without the supplementary oxygen support, almost had to give up her expedition owing to funds shortage but she finally recei...