PINAKI MAJUMDAR
Jamshedpur, Sept 24: Tata Steel Adventure Foundation (TSAF) today announced the successful completion of two mountaineering and trekking expeditions for outdoor enthusiasts.
The aim of the expedition was to step out of the comfort zone, test the limits, collaborate, reach the challenging summits and explore the pristine nature in Leh region.
The team faced bad weather, string winds, challenges of high altitude, snow conditions on the way to twin peak challenge.
The two expeditions were conducted at Twin Peak Challenge – two 6000-meter peaks and Sham Valley Trek led by ace mountaineer Bachendri Pal.
TSAF had kept limited slots and small batch sizes to ensure all safety protocols are followed and minimize Covid risk.
TSAF officials said the goal of the Twin Peak Challenge Expedition was to climb two 6000m peaks, Kang Yatze II (6270m) and Dzo Jongo (6240m) in Leh region.
This expedition was open for all and consisted of Tata Steel employees and individuals from the community.
The team travelled to Leh and then proceeded by road to Chilling which was the starting point of the trek.
The team was led by experienced and certified TSAF instructors Asmita Dorjee, Dharmendra Singh, Rathu Mahato and Sushanto Mahato.
The expedition lasted for 15 days, a total of eight participants along with four TSAF instructors made it a team of 12 out of which seven participants were able to summit the first peak (Kang Yatze II) and 10 of them were able to summit the second peak (Dzo Jongo).
Arun Pratap Singh, Anurag Maloo, Vishal Kullu, Pankaj Kumar Sharma, Rahul Raj Singh climbed the Kang Yatze II peak. Arun Pratap Singh, Anurag Maloo, Vishal Kullu, Alok Kumar, Niti Gupta, Pallavi Mariyam climbed Dzo Jongo.
All TSAF instructors and three members climbed both the summit in twin peak expedition. This was the first of a kind expedition organized by TSAF.
Sham Valley trek was organised for beginners. 13-member team was led by Bachendri Pal along with TSAF instructors N S Panwar, Mohan Rawat, Poonam Rana (Everester), and Randeb.
The maximum altitude reached during the trek was 12,850 ft.
Officials said TSAF will continue to organise similar mountaineering expeditions for beginners, medium and advanced categories.
