Sitharaman flags- in NIMAS expedition team to Mt Everest

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New Delhi : Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman flagged-in the expedition team to Mt. Everest conducted successfully by National Institute for Mountaineering & Allied Sports (NIMAS), Dirang, Arunachal Pradesh, here today.

Sitharaman congratulated the team led by Director and Team Leader Col Sarfraz Singh for its remarkable achievement. It is for the first time that any National Institute expedition team has put eight members on the top of Mt.Everest in its maiden attempt, according to a PIB release.

The expedition started from South Ridge of Mt Everest from Nepal side on April 2, 2018, from Lukla to Everest Base camp via Namche. The team scaled Mt.Lobuche in Nepal on April 20, 2018, as part of acclimatisation and final conditioning training. The rotational training to higher camps was carried out by the team up to Camp-3 (7,200M) from April 22 to May 10, 2018. All the 8 members of the team successfully scaled the peak on May 19 & 20, 2018.