IANDiNARMY WOMEN MOUNTAINEERS BEGINS EVEREST SUMMIT ATTEMPTS
Everest Base Camp: Vaisakha 25, 1934
May 15, 2012
In ‘historic moment’ the Chief of the Nepal Army,General CMS Gurung, arrived at Everest Base Camp to greet and exhort the Indian Army Women Everest Expedition Team just a day prior to the launch of the team to the Summit. He said I bring “greetings from the Nepal Army, the Indian people and the Indian Army”. He was accompanied by the Indian Ambassador to Nepal, Mr Jayant Prasad and the Indian Defence Attaché, Colonel Ajay Pasbola to personally meet the team in the remote inhospitable region of Everest . The visit of the Chief of the Nepal Army and the Indian Ambassador was a great boost to the expedition team.
Addressing the team members led by Colonel Ajay Kothiyal, he said “physical fitness can get you here but it is mental strength, drive and determination that will get you there (pointing to the summit of Everest clearly visible in the distance)”. The Chief, an honorary General of the Indian Army, is an alumnus of the Indian Military Academy, Dehradun and has also undergone various other professional courses in Indian military institutes.
He displayed his magnanimity by extending all help, material and said that a helicopter is available to the team and a smaller aircraft is on standby at all times for any exigencies that may arise during the expedition. He recalled past joint expeditions the Indian and Nepal Armies have participated in citing the 2003 Joint Indo-Nepal Everest Expedition and the recently-concluded Eco-Annapurna Trek 2011. He also revealed future plans of joint expeditions between the two armies to be conducted in India 2013 and Nepal in 2013.
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