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Nisha Kumari

Passion can take you to places and make
one a empt very difficult life threa ng adventure
expedi ons. Nisha Kumari is one such dynamic girl
that resides in Vadodara city. She hails from
humble background. Her father worked with the
Indian Airforce at Vadodara city, mother a
housewife.
Nisha Kumari did her schooling in
Chandigarh and has completed her MSc in
Industrial Arithme c from the M S University,
Vadodara. One of her brothers is also in the Air
Force while her other brother is doing a private
job.
Nisha is a super girl athlete, very versa le in
various disciplines and her dream is to keep our
country, India, flag flying high through her various
adventure ac vi es. She is a keen mountaineer,
loves running endlessly and cycle to difficult
terrain. She aims to scaled seven summits,
Aconcagua, Denali, Kilimanjaro, Vinson, Elbrus,
Mount Willham. Last year she scaled Mt. Everest
the tallest mountain in the world in her first
a empt at 29,032 feet.
Nisha Kumari wants to form a training ins tute
and work towards training girls in self-defence.
She proposes to make a team of girls in Vadodara
city trained in self-defence skills who in turn shall
train girls in rural sector especially poor and to
teach them various skills. Her aim is to make the
girl child confidence and strong enough to stand
up for herself where needed.
During her M. Sc she did various adventure
ac vi es in Paramesh event in September 2015.
These ac vi es chalked out the turning point in
her life. She joined Rebirth Adventure and Sports
company based in Pallanpur, Gujarat as a
volunteer in many camps. She volunteered in
many camps held in various places Mt Abu,
Jaisalmer, Manali, Gir, Nainital, Kumbhalgarh....
The list is endless.

She has completed mountaineering courses, one from Kashmir and the other one from U arkashi.
There was no looking back. She successfully climbed Friendship peak in 2019 an al tude of 5287
meters. A er that she completed the Manali Leh expedi on by cycle.
Talking about her versa lity she has done 12 hours of con nuously running not once, not twice but
three mes. Once in Vadodara and twice in Nainital covering a distance of 75.54 kms
The next feather in her cap was Ride for the na on, Ride for vaccina on. This ride involved a cyclathon
as a leader from Manali- Leh, Khardungla-Leh across Rohtang pass, covering 590 kms in 10 days. It was
an expedi on for vaccine awareness during COVID 19. Along the way her team unfurled a 50 long
Indian flag. It was remarkable of Nisha Kumari to have crossed all six al tude passes without any injury.
T rained under an Everester, her training includes slow running, fast running, func onal training,
yoga, Tabata, Sudarshan Kriya, Medita on, ABC workout, long distance cycling, sprints, trekking, hiking
etc. Me culous training was executed without a break come hail rain or storm.

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