ENC team conquers the Everest

Chief of the Naval Staff flagged off expedition on March 23

VISAKHAPATNAM, ANDHRA PRADESH,21/05/2017: Admiral Sunil Lanba, PVSM, AVSM, ADC, Chief of the Naval Staff flagged off a 24 member Indian Navy Expedition to Mount Everest, themed ‘Sagartal Se Sagarmatha’, on 23 March 2017. The team had been undergoing strength and endurance training including yoga sessions for making the climbers cope with challenges of summiting the highest peak in the world. In addition the team had also undergone a month long training at Army Mountaineering Institute near Siachen Glacier. The first all Navy expedition planted the Naval Ensign atop Mount Everest on 18 May 2004. The expedition complements Sagar Parikrama III, a circumnavigation by an all women crew onboard INSV Tarini later this year.
 
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The Indian Naval Ensign was planted atop Mount Everest at about 7.15 a.m. on Sunday by a team comprising Lieutenant Shashank Tiwari, Lieutenant Anant Kukreti and LCOM Maharana, all from Eastern Naval Command, and Lt. Cdr C.S. Yadav.

The remaining six members of Team A returned to Camp IV at midnight due to bad weather and heavy winds. The 24-member team of the Navy to Mount Everest was split into two teams for the summit attempt.

Team B was still on its way to summit the peak on Sunday.

Admiral Sunil Lanba, Chief of the Naval Staff, flagged off a 24-member Navy Expedition to Mount Everest, themed ‘Sagartal Se Sagarmatha’, on March 23.

The team had undergone strength and endurance training, including yoga sessions, to train the climbers cope with challenges of summiting the highest peak in the world.

In addition, the team had also undergone a month-long training at the Army Mountaineering Institute near Siachen Glacier.

The first all Navy expedition planted the Naval Ensign atop Mount Everest on May 18, 2004.

The expedition complements Sagar Parikrama III, a circumnavigation by an all women crew onboard INSV Tarini later this year.