Wednesday, Apr 03, 2013
A joint Indo-Nepal Army Mountaineering Expedition to Mt Everest flagged off today, from New Delhi, by the Army Chief , Gen Bikram Singh.
The expedition, planned to coincide with the diamond jubilee of the first ascent on the Everest by Sir Edmund Hillary & Sherpa Tenzing Norgay, aims to not only summit the peak but also to clean it by bringing out as much, non-biodegradable garbage which has accumulated on the route to the peak over the decades, as possible.
The expedition team consists of 20 members from Indian Army and 12 from the Nepalese Army. The team will attempt to summit the peak in the month of May 2013 after staging up through various camps. This is the fourth joint Indo-Nepal Army mountaineering expedition.