Sports Reporter
JAMMU: Indian Mountaineering Foundation (IMF), New Delhi, the apex body for surface adventure sports in the country, shall be organising a number of mountaineering expeditions, both for men and women, during the year 2017. Only qualified and competent climbers up to the age of 29 years who have successfully completed at least Advance course in mountaineering and have participated in some mountaineering expeditions and are presently physically and mentally robust are eligible for selection for various expeditions to be sponsored and organised by IMF during Pre monsoon and Post monsoon periods. Three expeditions to Satopant peak (7,075m), Panwali Dwar (6,663m) and Hanuman Tibba (5,867m) planned to be organised during the pre monsoon period and two expeditions to Trishul (7,120m) and Kun (7,077m) to be organised during the post monsoon period shall be organised jointly by IMF and Indian Air Force (IAF). The other post monsoon expedition to Kanchenjunga Parikarma shall be conducted jointly with the Government of Sikkim and remaining two expeditions to formidable peaks in J and K Brahma-1(6,416m) and Sickle Moon(6,574m), both post monsoon ventures, are scheduled to be organised jointly with the Government of J and K. Mountaineers, who are interested to participate in the prestigious National Mountaineering Expeditions as leader, member, doctor or in any other capacity can contact the Secretary of IMF North Zone Committee, Ram Khajuria on Mobile No. 94191-96378 for details.
