Savita Kanswal, first Indian woman to climb Mount Everest and Mount Makalu in 16 days, was among those killed when an avalanche struck a group of trainee mountaineers and instructors from Nehru Institute of Mountaineering in Uttarakhand’s Uttarkashi on Tuesday. The 26-year-old was an instructor at the institute and had scaled Mount Everest and Mount Makalu in May this year.