Harish Chandra Singh Rawat

Harish Chandra Singh Rawat (July 3, 1934 – January 20, 2008) was a mountaineer who scaled the Mt Everest in 1965.

Expeditions

Sh Rawat participated in a number of expeditions including Nanda Devi, Kanglacha, Haathi Parvat, Trishuli, Rathong, Nandakhat and Nun Kun. In 1962, he led a party, including Sonam Wangyal, another Everester of the 1965 expedition, to Kanglacha, 30 miles south of Leh. In 1963, Rawat climbed Hathi Parbat and a year later he was part of the Trisuli and Nanda Devi East expedition. In the pre-Everest preparations, he climbed Rathong.

References

See also

• List of Mount Everest records of India