And once she was atop the world's highest peak she describes feeling numb. It's hard to believe it, but this humble woman has scaled Mount Everest - twice.Santosh is the first woman in the world to have been to the top of the world's highest mountain twice.Today, she's clad in a bright orange sari and has a warm smile on her face as she describes what inspired her to be a mountaineer. NEW DELHI: When Santosh Yadav speaks one can't help but drop everything one's doing and listen to her soft voice. She had several near-death experiences on Everest, which has one of the world's most difficult terrains. I bowed down before mother nature and chanted the Gayatri Mantra".Santosh grew up in Haryana, far away from snow-clad peaks.

Source: Times of India August 02, 2016 15:00 UTC