[1] She has climbed Nanda Devi, Kangchenjunga, Trishuli and Mt.

[2] Aitwal grew up in Dharchula in Pithoragarh district of Uttarakhand.

[2] Over the years she has reached the summits of several of peaks, including Nanda Devi in 1981.

She was also part of Indian Mountaineering Federation's sponsored Mount Everest campaign in 1984.

[2] In August 2009, at the age of 68, she reached the summit of Mount Srikantha in the Garhwal Himalaya, an elevation of 6,133 m, for the second time as part of an all-woman expedition of the Indian Mountaineering Federation.