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| Shangrilla school students learn basics of Sport Climbing | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Nov 25: As part of the series of one day coaching-cum-competition in Sport Climbing, organized by Mountaineering Association of J&K for individual schools to spot the talent at the grass root level, the 8th such camp held today at Tenzing Norgay Sport Climbing Wall in the premises of Sprawling Buds School, Chinore in Bantalab, here.
A total of 50 students, including 20 girls, of Shangrilla Higher Secondary School, Sarwal, attended the day-long competition. The students were divided into various age groups for imparting them the necessary training in rock climbing.
The budding climbers on their maiden exposure to the 40 ft high wall were quite excited and exhibited good temperament and courage to learn the intricacies of the art and craft of sport climbing.
In the competition that followed in the final session of the camp, 12 years old Aditya Kumar topped the wall to secure the first place in the sub-junior boys' category. He was closely followed by Musaib Rasool, just a hold below the top, to clinch the second spot. Keshav Kohli and Akash Nehru also climbed well to finish as joint third.
Similarly, there was a tough competition between Mritunjay Sharma and Ashish Kohli in the under-12 years category wherein Mritunjay emerged victorious and Ashish Kohli had to content with a second position. The third place was shared by Akshit Negi and Manik Kumar. In the Boys category (13 years) Noman and Ajay Singh shared the first spot while Shoib Gulzar finished third.
In the girls (13 years) category, in which there were only four participants, the standard of climbing was not up to the mark. However, Vaishali did better than others to clinch the first position. Prakshi Gupta and Prachi Sharma bagged the second and third positions.
Contrary to expectations, the little girls in the under-12 year category displayed good power and enthusiasm to make the competition really tough. Finally, Purvi Sharma and Nandini Kohli clinched the first and second position respectively. Hitashi Bhan, Nitya Sharma and Jannat Kour shared the third spot.
On the basis of performance of the climbers, during the camp, the Association has selected Aditya Kumar, Musaib Rasool, Keshav Kohli, Akash Nehru, Mritunjay Sharma, Ashish Kohli, Akshit Negi, Manik Kumar, Purvi Sharma, Nandni Kohli, Hitashi Bhan, Nitya Sharma, Jannat Kour and Vaishali for further coaching and practice to be conducted in the mid of next month.
The competition was organized under the supervision of Shawetica Khajuria, a national judge in sport climbing. Anil Kumar was the Route Setter of the competition who was assisted by Shashi Kant, Sonam Sidharth and other senior climbers.
Ram Khajuria, general secretary of the Association remained present throughout the camp along with Tejinder Singh, Bittoo Sharma and Kuldeep Kumar of Shangrilla Higher Secondary School and Satish Bhan of Sprawling Buds School.
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Caption: Students of Shangrilla Higher Secondary School pose for a group photograph after their coaching-cum-competition in Sport Climbing at Jammu on Sunday. |
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