 Early Times Report
Jammu, Sept. 21: Five sport climbers of Mountaineering Association of J&K namely Shivani Charak, Ajay Deep Singh, Arun Deep Singh, Mrityunjay Sharma and Shilpa Charak have been selected in the Indian Sport Climbing team for participation in the Asian Youth Championship scheduled to be held at Bengaluru in December,2019.
They are among the 30 Indian climbers selected to participate in six categories (5 climbers in each category) for this continental competition.
Meanwhile, all the four J&K climbers shall leave for Bhuvneshwar on 28th September for a month long first phase of training being organized from 1st to 31st October,2019 for Indian climbers selected for the Asian Youth Championship, at the international standard Kalinga Sport Climbing wall, the best climbing wall in India
It is pertinent to mention here that this year these five climbers of J&K were selected by IMF for participation in the World Youth Championship at Arco, Italy on no cost basis to IMF and though Mountaineering Association of J&K had requested the Government for sponsorship of these climbers there was absolutely no response from the Government and only Shilpa who could manage major portion of the finances on her own could be deputed for the prestigious competition. Similarly, Mrityunjay Sharma who was selected for the World Championship at Switzerland could not participate because of lack of |
