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Jammu, Feb 14
Army has chosen 20 personnel for its mountaineering team which is to attempt summiting Mount Everest in the month of April this year. Lt Col IS Thapa of the Maratha Light Infantry is to lead the expedition which is likely to be flagged off in the second half of March this year. This is the fourth expedition by the Army to Mount Everest. It may be recalled that the last expedition which succeeded in summiting Mount Everest in the year 2005 was an all women expedition. Prior to that, expeditions were launched successfully in the years 2001 and 2003, said a press release.
For this expedition, a total of 80 personnel volunteered. From them, 45 were selected to undergo advanced mountaineering course at Western Himalayan Mountaineering Institute in Manali. Thereafter the team carried out training by scaling Mount Bhagirthi-II (6510 M) and Mount Mana (7273 M) in the Garhwal region. The final selection for the 20 members, of which 14 will be summiteers and six support staff, was carried out after a fruitful training session at Siachen. The team will attempt Mount Everest from the North, which is considered the most difficult direction to summit.
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