Padmashri Santosh Yadav was born in a village named Joniyawas of Rewari district in Haryana. From the very beginning she was determined to choose the right path. She was not contended with customary life of the village. She was determined and wanted to get proper education, that is why she went to Delhi and enrolled herself in a school. She was ready to work part time to pay for her schooling. She was resourceful as she saved money and joined a climbing course at Uttarkashi. When she left Rajsthan for Uttarkashi; without informing her parents she wrote her father for apology. She got the opportunity of climbing Mt. Everest twice at early age. Her concern for fellow mountaineers is praiseworthy. She collected garbage and brought down it to keep the Himalayas. pollution free.