New Delhi: Legendary India mountaineer Bachendri Pal, who summited Mt. Everest in 1984, once said, "Adventure should be part of everyone's life. It is the whole difference between being fully alive and just existing." Mousumi Khatua made it a philosophy of her life and scripted history as she became the first woman from Kalyani City, West Bengal to climb Asia's highest volcanic peak Mount Damavand.

Mousumi along with ace mountaineer, Satyarup Siddhanta, and Bhaswati Chatterjee began the expedition to Mt. Damavand, the highest peak in Iran and a potentially active volcano, in the first week of September and reached its summit on September 10.