Ace J&K mountaineer perishes in Mount Everest avalanche

Her passion for mountaineering knew no bounds, but it ended in a tragedy when she perished in the avalanche triggered by the earthquake in Nepal during her maiden attempt to scale Mt Everest.

Renu Fotedar, 49, who hailed from Srinagar and was settled in Australia, was among several mountaineers consumed by the killer avalanche.

Like many Kashmiri pandit migrants, Renu’s journey from the Valley took here to Delhi before she migrated to Australia after marriage.

Renu had climbed Mt Kilimanjaro in Tanzania last year before embarking on her ambitious plan to conquer the world's highest peak – Mt Everest. She posted her last picture on Facebook along with her Japanese friends as she set out to climb Mt Everest.

Her cousin Aashish Kaul in Mumbai spoke about the tragedy that had befallen on the family.  Her son posted a message to Renu's friends saying that "my mother, Renu Fotedar, set off to climb Mount Everest three weeks ago and had just reached base camp two days ago on April 24...”

The mountaineer’s body was located by her husband with the help of a Sherpa in the base camp along with a Japanese woman mountaineer.