{{Short description|Indian mountaineer (born 1986)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2017}} {{Use Indian English|date=March 2017}}

{{Infobox climber | name = Tine Mena | image = | birth_name = | occupation = Mountaineer | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1986|9|17}} | birth_place = Echali,<ref name="Arunachal girl become 1st Indian women to conquer Mt. Everest">{{cite news|title=Arunachal girl become 1st Indian women to conquer Mt. Everest|url=http://isikkim.com/2011-05-arunachal-girl-becomes-first-indian-women-to-conquers-mt-everest-114/|accessdate=21 January 2015|publisher=isikkim}}</ref> Upper Dibang Valley, Arunachal Pradesh, India | death_date = | death_place = | nationality = {{IND}} | majorascents = ''The first woman from Northeast India & Arunachal Pradesh to reach the top of Mount Everest on 9 May 2011''<ref name="A conversation with Tine Mena">{{cite news|title=A conversation with Tine Mena|url=http://www.arunachaltimes.in/wordpress/2015/01/21/a-conversation-with-tine-mena/|accessdate=21 January 2015|publisher=The Arunachal Times}}</ref> | spouse = from Desali village | children = 1 | Website = }}

'''Tine Mena''' ({{langx|hi|तिने मिन| }}; born 17 September 1986) is an Indian mountaineer, who on 9 May 2011 became the first woman from Northeast India & Arunachalee woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest.<ref name="A conversation with Tine Mena"/><ref name="Tine Mena : First Woman from North East India to conquer Everest">{{cite news|title=Tine Mena : First Woman from North East India to conquer Everest|url=http://www.northeastblog.in/arunachal-pradesh/tine-mena-first-woman-from-north-east-india-to-conquer-everest/|accessdate=21 January 2015|publisher=The Northeastern Blog|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304033619/http://www.northeastblog.in/arunachal-pradesh/tine-mena-first-woman-from-north-east-india-to-conquer-everest/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="THAT's Professional (Travel, Hospitality, Aviation & Tourism)">{{cite news|title=THAT's Professional (Travel, Hospitality, Aviation & Tourism)|url=https://www.linkedin.com/groups/First-woman-climber-from-India-64789.S.53827923|accessdate=21 January 2015|publisher=LinkedIn}}</ref><ref name="Two girls from Arunachal Pradesh to set off for Everest expedition">{{cite news|title=Two girls from Arunachal Pradesh to set off for Everest expedition|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-two-girls-from-arunachal-pradesh-to-set-off-for-everest-expedition-1526604|accessdate=21 January 2015|publisher=DNA India}}</ref>

==Early life== Tine was born in a remote village of Echali, which is located 178&nbsp;km from the district headquarter Roing.<ref>{{cite news |title=Northeast's first woman Everester Tine's story now in children's book |url=https://nenow.in/north-east-news/northeasts-first-woman-everester-tines-story-now-in-childrens-book.html |work=NORTHEAST NOW |date=15 October 2018}}</ref> Her childhood was spent in the laps of mountains and nature. She used to work as a porter for the Indian Army when she was just 17 years old. Her total expenditure during the expedition in 2011 was near about Rs. 20 lakhs.<ref name="A conversation with Tine Mena"/>

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==See also== *Indian summiters of Mount Everest - Year wise *List of Mount Everest summiters by number of times to the summit *List of Mount Everest records of India *List of Mount Everest records

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Mena, Tine}} Category:1986 births Category:Living people Category:Indian female mountain climbers Category:People from Lower Dibang Valley district Category:Indian summiteers of Mount Everest Category:21st-century Indian sportswomen Category:Mountain climbers from Arunachal Pradesh Category:Sportswomen from Arunachal Pradesh

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