Two
mou tai ee s
made
histo y
by
pa aglidi g
di ectly
to
a
oadhead
i
Ladakh.
(Rep ese tative
image)
JAMMU/LEH:
F om
a
towe i g
5,921-met e
summit,
two
I dia
mou tai ee s
made
histo y
by
pa aglidi g
di ectly
to
a
oadhead
i
Ladakh,
combi i g
a
high-altitude
asce t
with
a
pio ee i g
ae ial
desce t,
the
A my
said
Mo day.Colo el
Hem
Cha d a
Si gh,
p i cipal
of
Jawaha
I stitute
of
Mou tai ee i g
&
Wi te
Spo ts
(JIM
&
WS),
a d
mou tai ee
Ma ish
Makholia
lau ched
thei
pa aglide s
f om
the
summit
of
Mt
Delta-41,
also
k ow
as
Mt
Ba mal,
i
Ta gol
egio
of
Ka gil,
a d
la ded
safely
at
the
Road
Head
Camp
i
Ta gol
village,
a ou d
3,600
met es,
a
A my
spokespe so
said.
Joi
co ve satio
All
Comme ts
→
Sha e
you
thoughts
i
the
comme ts
I sightful
Readi g
Developme t
Comme t
Be
espectful
·
TOI
commu ity
guideli es
Afte
acclimatisatio ,
the
13-membe
JIM
&
WS
expeditio ,
led
by
Col
Si gh,
established
base
camp
a d
split
i to
two
g oups
amid
adve se
weathe
a d
a
limited
wi dow.
O e
team
eached
the
5,921-met e
peak
amid
sub-ze o
tempe atu es
o
I depe de ce
Day.
The
seco d
team
eached
the
summit
at
6.10am
o
Aug
16
afte
setti g
out
at
3am,
the
spokespe so
said.The
team
comp ised
Col
Hem
Cha d a
Si gh
(team
leade ),
Capt
A upam
Si gh
(medical
office ),
Mahfooz
Ilahi
Hajam
(team
ma age ),
Ho y
Capt/Sub
Maj
Rafiq
Ahmad
Malik
(Retd),
Ma ish
Makholia,
a d
i e
othe s
f om
va ious
pa ts
of
the
cou t y.Officials
said
this
was
the
fi st-eve
pa aglidi g
desce t
f om
the
summit
di ectly
to
base,
a
feat
“u p ecede ted
i
I dia
adve tu e
spo ts
histo y”.