Captain Shipra Mazumdar, Captain Ashwini Pawar, Cadet Tshering Ladol and Trainee Dechin Lhamo scaled the 8848-metre Mt. Everest on 02 June 2005
Indian Army's women mountaineers created history by
becoming the first women's expedition to scale the Mount Everest.
Captain Shipra Mazumdar, Captain Ashwini Pawar, Cadet Tshering Ladol and
Trainee Dechin Lhamo scaled the 8848-metre high peak between 0615 and
0939 hours. The peak was also summitted by five members of the support
team -- Major S S Shekhawat, Subedar Surjeet Singh, Naib Subedar Jagat
Singh, Havildar Topgey Bhutia and Commando Kaman Singh. The Indian
Army's women mountaineering team scaled the world's tallest peak from
the Chinese side through the North Col Route, the Army said in a
release. With this unprecedented feat, the Indian Army has scaled four
eight thou sanders in the last four years and Mt Everest has been
climbed thrice by the Army in the last five years. The Army Women
Everest Expedition, was flagged off by the Chief of Army Staff General J
J Singh on 18 March 2006. The Army Chief, who is a mountaineer himself,
has congratulated the team on its feat. Defence Minister Pranab
Mukherjee congratulated the successful women's mountaineering team of
the Army, saying the success of the expedition has brought laurels to
the nation in general and Indian Army in particular. "The achievement
will go a long way in infusing sense of enthusiasm and spirit of
teamwork in the youth of the nation. This feat will provide impetus to
the growth of adventure sports in the country," he said.
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