Sarkar dies after eight months in coma

Kolkata, Jun 9 (UNI) Noted mountaineer Anita Sarkar, died at a Railway Hospital this morning after being in coma for eight months.

She was a spinster and left behind her mother and elder brother.

She shot to fame when she climbed the Abi Gabin nearly 23000 feet. She was also a part of an expedition to Mt Blanc in Switzerland.

She had also led an expedition to Sikkim Himalaya's Trathong.

Imbibed with an adventerous spirit and a close friend of Bachendri Pal the duo had rode two wheelers to Kargil and done kayaking from Haridwar to Babughat.

She had also done Trans-Himalayan Trekking.

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