<Tr> <Th> Notable ascents </Th> <Td> First Sri Lankan to Summit Mount Everest; First Sri Lankan Woman to Summit Imja Tse (Island Peak) 6,189 m </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Famous partnerships </Th> <Td> Johann Peries </Td> </Tr> <P> Jayanthi Kuru - Utumpala (born 3 September 1979), a past pupil of Bishop's College is the first Sri Lankan to summit Mount Everest . Kuru - Utumpala reached the summit of Mount Everest at 5: 03 AM on 21 May 2016 . Along with Johann Peries, she formed the Sri Lankan Everest Expedition, 2016 . Peries attained a height of 8,400 m, which is beyond Camp IV (the final camp on the southern ascent route, on the South Col). </P> <P> Jayanthi Kuru - Utumpala's summit makes Sri Lanka the fourth country in the world, in which a woman has been the first person to reach the top of Mount Everest . The other countries are Poland, South Africa and Croatia . </P>

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