Joint Indo Nepalese Team scales Saser Kangri – I
Seven members of Joint Indo Nepalese Mountaineering Expedition have scaled Saser Kangri I peak in Karakoram ranges at 12.25 PM on 17 Jun 2004. With this feat, the Indian Army has lived upto its formidable reputation in international mountaineering fraternity.
Saser Kangri I at 25170 feet, is the highest summit of the Saser Massif in Eastern Karakoram, deep in the Nubra Valley of Ladakh. It is considered one of the most technically difficult and formidable peaks in the World. Although it was climbed from the East by an ITBP team in 1973 yet the Western Ridge route was considered impossible as it thwarted many attempts by some of the legendary mountaineers before it was climbed by a joint Indo – British Army team in 1987. Several attempts had been made since then to repeat the feat but none had succeeded.
The expedition team led by Lieutenant Colonel SP Malik had to brave inclement weather and Western disturbances at higher camps since mid May and they had to make a number of attempts on the peak. The summit team under leadership of Captain SS Negi comprised Subedar C Angchuk, SM, Naib Subedars Surjit Singh, Rajender Singh, Lal Singh, Naik Lobzang Chantan of Indian Army and Haildar Kedar Budhathoki of Royal Nepalese Army.
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