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Jammu, May 15
A six member Indian Army Mountaineering Expedition team reached the summit of Mt Everest at 0545h (IST) this morning. The six summiteers included Capt DJ Singh, Sub Maruti Khandagle, Hav Balwant Singh Negi, Hav Tshering Angchok, Hav Amardev Bhatt and Sep Sachin Patil is led by Lt Col IS Thapa of the 4 Maratha Light Regiment.
With this unprecedented feat, the Indian Army has furthered its formidable reputation in the international mountaineering fraternity having submitted Mt Everest four times. In fact in last seven years, Army mountaineers scaled 8000 Meter peak every year to include Mt Everest (8848m) in 2001, 2003 and 2005 and Annapurna – I (8096m) in 2004, which is a remarkable achievement.
The Army Everest Expedition team was flagged off by General JJ Singh, Chief of the Army Staff on March 2 last. General JJ Singh, being a mountaineer himself, evinced keen interest in planning and conducting the expedition at every stage and personally monitored the progress of the team during the expedition. It had left Delhi for Lhasa via Kathmandu on March 28 last and reached Base Camp at 16,990 ft on April 7 and established Advance Base Camp at 21,190 ft on April 16 and Camp – 1 (23,120 ft ) on April 18. Stocking of Summit Camp at a height of 27,220 ft was carried out on April 21, after which the team was forced to return to Base Camp due to inclement weather conditions. The team recommenced its move upwards from Base Camp on May 10 and reached Summit Camp yesterday. On the night of May 14, the team started from Summit Camp towards the summit. Walking in pitch dark night with the help of headlamps, the team made steady progress and stood on summit of Mt Everest at 29,028 feet – literally on top of the world, at break of the dawn today.
The expedition is being conducting and coordinated by Army Adventure Wing of Directorate General of Military Training at Army Headquarters, said a Defence release.
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