Nishat Mazumder, the first Bangladeshi woman who conquered the fearsome and unforgiving Mount Everest, and her colleague MA Mohit have climbed down to the base camp of the world's tallest mountain.
Talking to on Tuesday, they said they were hoping to return to Bangladesh on June 1.
Both said they were physically fine except for catching some cold because of the chilly weather and snow storms.
Nishat ascended the 8,850-meter (29,035 feet) Everest summit from the northern side of the mountain in Nepal around 9:30am on May 19, along with Mohit, who is the second Bangladeshi to have conquered the Everest.
Mohit is the current president of renowned mountaineering organisation Bangla Mountaineering and Trekking Club (BMTC) situated in the capital's Kakoli area. Nishat is its member.
Expressing her feelings about the moment when she became the first Bangladeshi woman to conquer the Everest, Nishat told : "I could not believe myself ... I thought I was dreaming."
"It was a very tough. When we started our journey, we didn't think it would be so difficult and risky," she said reminiscing the historic climb.
On the difficulties she faced during the journey, she said, "An avalanche took place around 10am on Apr 27 at a peak beside Mount Everest when we were on our way to the Camp-2 from the base camp."
"This is kind of normal thing here, but it was a massive one," Nishat said adding she did receive a hit on her head because of the avalanche, "but it was not that serious".
"If we had been at the base camp at that time, all of us would have died. I saw death from this close. Our survival was a miracle.
"Moreover, the weather was too bad with stormy winds. We thought the wind would blow us away. Our road to the peak was extremely risky."
Nishat said, "I heard later that at least 22 mountaineers died on way to the peak due to accidents."
Asked whether she ever thought that she would become the first Bangladeshi woman to conquer the world's tallest mountain, the girl from Laxmipur district said, "Just like other mountaineers, I also had the dream to conquer the Everest."
"My dream is fulfilled, and I have no words to express my feelings."
"Usually one finishes one's mountaineering career after winning the Everest, but I started mine the other way round," Nishat said with a snigger.
Nishat, the second child of her parents, is also the first Bangladeshi woman to conquer three other Himalayan peaks higher than 6,000 metres. She conquered the Himalaya's Mera Peak (6,653.78 metres) in 2007, Singchuli Peak (6,501 metres) in 2008 and Makalu Peak (8,493.3 metres) in 2009.
Born in Laxmipur in 1981, she completed her secondary education at Bottomley Home Girls High School and higher secondary education at Shahid Anwar Girls College. She did her bachelors and masters in Accounting from Dhaka City College and currently works for Dhaka WASA.
She, however, did not forget to express her gratefulness to her family and her club BMTC and fellow club members.
"This wouldn't have been possible without my parents' support. Also, my club members gave me support and courage. But most of the credit goes to club's founder Inam Al Haque, who taught me everything."
"He taught me about the mountains and what mountaineering is all about," she added.
While Nishat was talking to on Tuesday, she and Mohit were staying at the base camp, 5,305 metre high from the sea level.
To the young generation, Nishat Mazumder said, "I would like to tell the young generation that no matter wherever your interest is, just concentrate on it. The dream will come true."
Nishat's colleague and BMTC President MA Mohit told : "There are two ways leading to the peak of the Mount Everest. One is the Tibbet's border side North-East Ridge and the other one is in the opposite, the South-East Ridge."
Musa Ibrahim, founder of Bangladesh's North Alpine Club, was the first Bangladeshi to have conquered the Everest on May 22, 2010, taking the North-East Ridge path. Then Mohit conquered the Everest on May 21, 2011, as the second Bangladeshi.
Mohit said, "Compared to the South-East one, North-East Ridge is much safer. Trekking on this path is also easier. Mountaineers generally take this path."
"South-East one is much more risky. There are 20 danger zones in the path from the base camp to camp-4. At least 20 mountaineers have died in these zones until now."
Asked why take the riskier one than taking the safer path, Mohit, a veteran climber who made it to the top of Everest, Manaslu and Cho-Oyu-3 summits over 8,000 metres high, said, "Simply because of more adventure."
"I took the North-East Ridge first time, that's why I took the South-East one this time."
Asked whether he felt any difference between his feelings after scaling the Everest the first and the second time, he said, "When I conquered the Everest for the first time, I felt like I was the king of the world. I felt the same this time, too."
"We wanted to prove that we, Bangladeshis, can do it. We will always get to the highest peak overcoming all the obstacles," Mohit said.
Talking to on Tuesday, they said they were hoping to return to Bangladesh on June 1.
Both said they were physically fine except for catching some cold because of the chilly weather and snow storms.
Nishat ascended the 8,850-meter (29,035 feet) Everest summit from the northern side of the mountain in Nepal around 9:30am on May 19, along with Mohit, who is the second Bangladeshi to have conquered the Everest.
Mohit is the current president of renowned mountaineering organisation Bangla Mountaineering and Trekking Club (BMTC) situated in the capital's Kakoli area. Nishat is its member.
Expressing her feelings about the moment when she became the first Bangladeshi woman to conquer the Everest, Nishat told : "I could not believe myself ... I thought I was dreaming."
"It was a very tough. When we started our journey, we didn't think it would be so difficult and risky," she said reminiscing the historic climb.
On the difficulties she faced during the journey, she said, "An avalanche took place around 10am on Apr 27 at a peak beside Mount Everest when we were on our way to the Camp-2 from the base camp."
"This is kind of normal thing here, but it was a massive one," Nishat said adding she did receive a hit on her head because of the avalanche, "but it was not that serious".
"If we had been at the base camp at that time, all of us would have died. I saw death from this close. Our survival was a miracle.
"Moreover, the weather was too bad with stormy winds. We thought the wind would blow us away. Our road to the peak was extremely risky."
Nishat said, "I heard later that at least 22 mountaineers died on way to the peak due to accidents."
Asked whether she ever thought that she would become the first Bangladeshi woman to conquer the world's tallest mountain, the girl from Laxmipur district said, "Just like other mountaineers, I also had the dream to conquer the Everest."
"My dream is fulfilled, and I have no words to express my feelings."
"Usually one finishes one's mountaineering career after winning the Everest, but I started mine the other way round," Nishat said with a snigger.
Nishat, the second child of her parents, is also the first Bangladeshi woman to conquer three other Himalayan peaks higher than 6,000 metres. She conquered the Himalaya's Mera Peak (6,653.78 metres) in 2007, Singchuli Peak (6,501 metres) in 2008 and Makalu Peak (8,493.3 metres) in 2009.
Born in Laxmipur in 1981, she completed her secondary education at Bottomley Home Girls High School and higher secondary education at Shahid Anwar Girls College. She did her bachelors and masters in Accounting from Dhaka City College and currently works for Dhaka WASA.
She, however, did not forget to express her gratefulness to her family and her club BMTC and fellow club members.
"This wouldn't have been possible without my parents' support. Also, my club members gave me support and courage. But most of the credit goes to club's founder Inam Al Haque, who taught me everything."
"He taught me about the mountains and what mountaineering is all about," she added.
While Nishat was talking to on Tuesday, she and Mohit were staying at the base camp, 5,305 metre high from the sea level.
To the young generation, Nishat Mazumder said, "I would like to tell the young generation that no matter wherever your interest is, just concentrate on it. The dream will come true."
Nishat's colleague and BMTC President MA Mohit told : "There are two ways leading to the peak of the Mount Everest. One is the Tibbet's border side North-East Ridge and the other one is in the opposite, the South-East Ridge."
Musa Ibrahim, founder of Bangladesh's North Alpine Club, was the first Bangladeshi to have conquered the Everest on May 22, 2010, taking the North-East Ridge path. Then Mohit conquered the Everest on May 21, 2011, as the second Bangladeshi.
Mohit said, "Compared to the South-East one, North-East Ridge is much safer. Trekking on this path is also easier. Mountaineers generally take this path."
"South-East one is much more risky. There are 20 danger zones in the path from the base camp to camp-4. At least 20 mountaineers have died in these zones until now."
Asked why take the riskier one than taking the safer path, Mohit, a veteran climber who made it to the top of Everest, Manaslu and Cho-Oyu-3 summits over 8,000 metres high, said, "Simply because of more adventure."
"I took the North-East Ridge first time, that's why I took the South-East one this time."
Asked whether he felt any difference between his feelings after scaling the Everest the first and the second time, he said, "When I conquered the Everest for the first time, I felt like I was the king of the world. I felt the same this time, too."
"We wanted to prove that we, Bangladeshis, can do it. We will always get to the highest peak overcoming all the obstacles," Mohit said.
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