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Jammu, 10 July 2007
Defence Minister Mr AK Antony flagged in the Indian Army Mount Everest Expedition, New Delhi today.
Lt Col IS Thapa, Sena Medal, led the 23-member team of Army’s expedition, while Capt NS Chandel was the deputy leader. Both the officers are from Maratha Light Infantry regiment. The team was predominantly composed of officers and men from Maratha Light Infantry.
The expedition was flagged off on 20 March 2007. The team moved from Delhi on 28 March 2007 and arrived at Lhasa on 31 Mar 2007. The team left Lhasa on 02 Apr 2007 for Everest base camp and reached there five days later via Gyantse, Shigatse and New Tingri.
The base camp was located on Rongbuk glacier at a height of about 17000 feet. The road from Lhasa terminated at the base camp.
Due to bad weather prevailing continuously from 20 April 2007, the first group of six summiteers could scale Mount Everest only on 15 May 2007, with second group, also of six summiteers scaling it the next day. On both days, an equal number of Sherpas also accompanied the army personnel.
The President, Dr APJ Abdul Kalam, Defence Minister Mr AK Antony and Army Chief Gen JJ Singh have commended the success of the team.
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