Indian Navy team set to scale Mt Everest

A 24-member Indian Navy team today embarked on a challenging journey to scale Mt Everest with the slogan 'From the Sea to the Everest'.
The expedition team to the highest peak in the world was seen off in a function organised at the Indian Embassy here.
The team would set out for Jiri from Kathmandu by vehicle and then trek to the Everest Base Camp to conquer the 8,848 metres Mt Everest.
"We are climbing the Mount Everest with the slogan 'From the Sea to the Everest'," Sanjaya Kumar Kulkarni, the coordinator of the expedition team said at a press conference here.

The expedition is being led by Nepali mountaineer Mingma Sherpa.
Before this, the Indian Navy teams had successfully summited the Everest in 1965 and 2004.