Mountains 🏔️ helicopter 🚁 and me ☺️

@_NMay @priyacupid @sambendall Thanks so much @sambendall & @priyacupid - couldn’t tag you in the photos!

Last year’s keynote speakers at #Aeromed22 blew us all away, solid 5⭐️ talks that stayed with us. #Aeromed23 has a tough act to follow… but we’re excited to share this year’s inspirational lineup in the not too distant future! Who are your dream speakers?

Mt Everest

Queen Elizabeth II, the UK’s monarch for the past 70 years, has died aged 96

@_NMay @priyacupid I could have listened to her all day!!

I might be still the only one but I am among them now #shreeairlines #myteam #rescue

@priyacupid Costs of training are still prohibitive and maybe a barrier to other women following in her footsteps - "but at least they won't ask that stupid question any more." #ASAFNA22 #Aeromed22

@priyacupid The hardest part of her journey, she says, was being an outcast initially among her male colleagues. They used to ask whether women could fly helicopters - "what kind of stupid question is that?" she asks #ASAFNA22 #Aeromed22

@priyacupid During the pandemic, the pattern of work shifted to reflect the COVID19 burden and the need to support Nepal's healthcare services. Resources were significantly stretched #ASAFNA22 #Aeromed22

@priyacupid Priya made history when she became the first and only female helicopter captain in Nepal. Training didn't stop there - she completed high altitude training too. She's completed thousands of rescues; the highest was 6500m. #ASAFNA22 #Aeromed22

@priyacupid Being the only female helicopter pilot in her service was challenging; "I didn't get a warm welcome." Her determination was hugely important in keeping her goal-focused during some very tough times. Discipline in her daily routine helped too. #ASAFNA22 #Aeromed22

@priyacupid Priya's story starts with two important "yes" moments - when she said "yes" to the offer of a helicopter joy flight, and when the pilot said "yes" when she asked if she too could become a helicopter pilot. He became her mentor. #HeforShe moments really matter #ASAFNA22 #Aeromed22

@priyacupid The best things about being a high altitude pilot? "seeing the mountains every day - and meeting people, the climbers I rescue, who love the mountains like I do." #ASAFNA22 #Aeromed22

@priyacupid Priya is a single pilot, flying a single engine helicopter without additional crew - she loads and transports the patients herself and hopes there's help there for her on the ground. Flight times are short; she uses O2 above 1000ft altitude #ASAFNA22 #Aeromed22

Captain Priya Adhikari is one of the few women in a generally male-dominated profession of rescue helicopter pilots. While that also comes with mixed reactions from her passengers ranging from awe to hesitation, Adhikari has her eyes on the prize. #IWD2021 https://t.co/TGmMrsPasK

Mt.Fuji

Doctors took almost 3 hours to stabilise her .. will she survive for next 25 minutes was the only question!!!! And today I heard the good news she will be back home soon 😊

https://t.co/5t3VBlGlBe

@priyacupid Salute