Calcutta: Santosh Yadav, the first woman in the world to climb Mount Everest twice, feels the increase in mountaineers' death is because there's no proper training while people are also not following the rules.

"When I climbed the Everest for the first time in 1992, three people fell sick. Out of them, two died. The lesson I learnt there was that if you don't follow rules, then accidents are bound to happen," Santosh said on Sunday.

She was in the city to attend a programme organised by International Human Rights Association in collaboration with Autograph Collectors Club of India.

Santosh also believes that mountaineers nowadays are depending more on others rather than being self-reliant. "Now, the situation in mountaineering is such that people are dependent on others.

"When we used to climb, we used to find our own way. Now others act as navigators, but during our time the case was different.

"It took us 15 days to reach the base. Now, people avail helicopters and take flights. We used to practise gradual climbing.

"Sherpas have started opening the roads since 1996. I don't like it."

Asked about the claims of 'false climbing', which is on the rise, Santosh replied: "We used to climb at least 7,000 m to be deemed fit to meet the basic mark.

"The mark now is money."