The youth of J&K are replete with potential in adventure sports who need to be promoted and encouraged.
Nawab Moauzam Khan and Ghulam Mohammad Wani were facilitated by Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, K K Sharma for successfully scaling Mount DKD Peak in Uttrakhand. He handed over cheques of Rs 1 lakh each to them.
The duo was facilitated here at Gulmarg in presence of Director Tourism Kashmir Nisar Ahmad Wani, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Gulmarg Development Authority (GDA) Inam-ul- Haq Siddiqui, Deputy Director Tourism (Recreation) Sarfaraz Mohammad, Assistant Director Gulmarg Nasir Mahmood, Principal IISM Col JS Dhillon.
The two climbers as part of their Indian Mountaineering Foundation (IMF) Pre-Everest training camp on June 25, 2019 successfully scaled 5700 mtr peak Mount Draupadi Ka Dhandaa 2 (DKD 2).
IMF as part of Scale Four Peaks in the ‘Everest massif region’ in 2020 from Everest Base Camp is scheduled to launch expeditions to Mt Everest – 8848 Mtrs, Lhotse- 8516 Mtrs, Nuptse – 7861 Mtrs and Pumori – 7161 Mtrs.
Before the expeditions to these four peaks, IMF is holding Pre-Everest expedition camp for the shortlisted mountaineers and the two climbers from Kashmir are part of it.
