33-year-old Sucheta Kadethankar from Pune becomes first Indian women who has successfully crossed Asia’s largest and world’s fifth largest Desert, Gobi Desert. Sucheta crossed 1623 km of the Gobi desert in a multi-national expedition consist of members from Australia, England, Scotland, Hong Kong, Singapore and India.
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The 13-member team was led by Ripley Davenport and during the expedition six of them were opted out due to injuries and other causes. Sucheta Kadethankar being one of the three successful women trekkers who completed the journey, other two were from Australia and Singapore.
In an interview with PTI, Sucheta said, “The main challenge in crossing the Gobi was how to keep oneself motivated to complete the mission. In contrast to the visual apetite one gets while on a mountain expedition with a changing scenario at every step, you are confronted by the monotonous sight of an unending stretch of sand in a desert trek,”
“As expected we encountered extreme weather– hot days and cold nights—and sand stroms during our journey. But there was also the most pleasant sight of an oasis that seemed to make up for the rigours of the trek momentarily,” Sucheta adds.
