All-women expedition to Mt. Manirang

•  The Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Sports & Information and Broadcasting flagged off an all-women expedition to Mt. Manirang (6593Mt/21631 ft) in Himachal Pradesh.
• The expedition commemorates the silver jubilee of 1993 Women Everest expedition.
• It would sends a wonderful message to the society, that if given an opportunity, the girls can also rise to the challenges and make a mark for themselves.
• It also indicates that the children should be given an opportunity to decide as what they want to do in the future.
• Mount Manirang includes the girls from some states which have no snow or mountains and it shows the grit and determination of the girls to opt for such a challenge.

About Expedition:

• The 19-member expedition team to Mt. Manirang is being led by Ms Bimla Negi, a veteran mountaineer who was a member of the 1993 team.
• The team also includes nine members of the 1993 team in addition to young women mountaineers, who hail from different states of the country like Uttrakhand, West Bengal, Sikkim, Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Haryana, Gujarat, Manipur and Himachal Pradesh.
• The expedition is expected to make the summit attempt around 24th August, 2018.

About Everest Expedition 1993:

• The Indo-Nepalese women’s Everest expedition in 1993 was the first all women expedition, launched by Indian Mountaineering foundation
• The historic expedition set up several world records at the time which included the largest number of persons (18) of a single expedition to climb Mount Everest, largest number of women (six) from a single country to climb Mount Everest.
• Ms. Santosh Yadav, member of the team, became the first woman in the world to climb Mount Everest, while Miss Dicky Dolma became the youngest women (19) years in the world to climb the highest peak in the world.

By: Vishal