Swarnalata Dalai and Poonam Rana and senior instructor Sandeep Toliya will be leaving tomorrow for Kathmandu to participate in the Tata Steel Mount Everest Expedition.
Tata Steel Adventure Foundation (TSAF) today announced the commencement of the Expedition where the three mountaineers -- trained and mentored by Bachendri Pal -- are taking part.
They will start the trek from Jiri, which is along the route taken by Bachendri Pal during her Mount Everest Expedition in 1984. This will further help the climbers to build on their mental and physical fitness.
Speaking about the expedition, Chief, Adventure Programme of Tata Steel, Pal said: Tata Steel has always believed in empowering individuals to stand up to the challenges in their lives and scale new heights.
"Mt. Everest represents the epitome of challenge that tests the abilities of human endeavour, leadership, strengths and weaknesses. The skills and expertise learnt for an expedition to scale Mt. Everest helps the climbers to become leaders in their spheres of life and in contributing significantly to the community and the organisations they work for.
The two girls and the instructor have been through rigorous training programme by TSAF. The trio has been trained to navigate extreme climatic conditions and to carry heavy load up and down the mountain slopes, and sleep in tents like they will be doing on Mt Everest.
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