Early Times Report
Jammu, Aug 28: Three ace mountaineers of Mountaineering Association of J&K namely Stanzin Youthog, Manik Slathia and Ambreen Fatima left today from Delhi for Uttrakhand to participate in a Pre Everest Expedition to Trishul-1 peak (7120m). The J&K mountaineers are among the about 60 climbers selected out of about 120 mountaineers in the first phase of selection by Indian Mountaineering Foundation Foundation, New Delhi, the apex body for adventure sports in the country, for final selection for Everest Massif Expedition.
Based on the performance of the participants in this expedition final team will be selected by Indian Mountaineering Foundation for a major expedition to scale four prominent peaks in the Everest massif region from Everest base camp. The peaks are Mount Everest, the highest peak on the Earth, Lhotse(8516m), the 4th highest peak in the world, Nuptse(7861m) and Pumori(7161m). The selected mountaineers shall also undergo Winter training during December2019-February, 2020 before undertaking the expedition to the peaks.
Earlier, the three mountaineers before their departure for Delhi called on the General Secretary of Mountaineering Association of J&K Ram Khajuria who wished them best of luck for their final selection for the prestigious expedition to Everest and three other formidable peaks. |
