The Indian Army on Monday announced it is sending all Women Expedition to Mt Everest, the highest peak in the world.
The 22 members team was flagged off by Lt Gen Ramesh Halgali, AVSM, SM, DCOAS (IS&T) on Monday. He addressed the team of selected and experienced mountaineers wishing them good luck for the extreme and demanding adventure activity that they have been assigned.
- Army Mt Everest expedition
The team will take off for Kathmandu (Nepal) from Delhi on 22 Mar. After a 17-day trek they will reach Base Camp on 12 Apr which is at 17500 ft altitude. Four camps will be established enroute and after completing the load ferries and acclimatization process, the summit attempts will be made between 15 – 20 May.
Seven out of nine open peaks of above 8000 M already scaled, South Pole conquered last year and an expedition to North Pole already on its way.
Mt Everest was conquered for the first time by an Indian Army Expedition in 2001.
The first army women team had summited Mt Everest through North (Tibet) in 2005 and now another such team will attempt for the first time through South (Nepal) which is known as the traditional route, from which Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay had first climbed.
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