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Four girls from J&K have Scaled the mighty Mt Everest | | | Early Times Report
Ladakh, May 27: Four girls from Ladakh have emerged invincible after having achieved a commendable feat of scaling the highest peak in the world- Mount Everest. The girls were part of Leh's NCC contingent that had 10 members and on 22nd of May they made it to the top. Exhibiting indomitable spirit and grit, Stanzin Laskit of Ney, Rigzin Dolker of Nubra, Tsering Angmo of Spithuk and Tashi Laskit of Stok, for the first time in the history of the state accomplished the mammoth task. On 9th of March, the Minister of State for Defence, Rao Inderjit Singh, had flagged off the first-ever all girls' National Cadet Corps (NCC) Mount Everest expedition from New Delhi. The team was led by Col Gaurav Karki along with 15 service personnel. Director General, NCC, Lt Gen A Chakravarty, had proposed to conduct the first-ever NCC girls' expedition to the Mount Everest in 2014. All India trials at 25 selected hubs were carried out and 100 girl cadets were finally nominated to undergo the customized mountaineering course at the Himalayan Mountaineering Institute (HMI), Darjeeling, from January 7 to February 3 last year. Based on their performances, 40 girl cadets were at last selected for the first pre-Everest expedition. Pre-Everest Expedition to Mount Deo-Tibba at 19,688 feet near Manali in Himachal Pradesh was conducted for 40 cadets in April and May 2015. A total of 15 cadets were selected for the next phase based on their performance. |
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