18-year-old Neelam Bhardwaj scored 202 runs that included 27 fours and 2 sixes. Photo: X/Doordarshan Sports 18-year-old Neelam Bhardwaj scored 202 runs that included 27 fours and 2 sixes. Photo: X/Doordarshan Sports 18-year-old batter Neelam Bhardwa

Last fall, Nima Rinji Sherpa, then 17, was in Tibet preparing to ascend Mount Shishapangma747 live, the world’s 14th highest mountain. He knew reaching its 26,335-foot, or 8,027-meter, summit would require entering the so-called death zone where org