Overview

• The team was welcomed at the DG-NCC Camp in Delhi Cantonment on June 5 with a formal ceremony attended by senior NCC and Defence Ministry officials.
• The ten cadets, evenly split between males and females with an average age of 19, carried out their first major expedition as novice climbers.
• They reached the world’s highest summit on May 18, overcoming severe weather to plant both the national Tricolour and the NCC flag.
• Preparation included a preparatory climb of Mount Abi Gamin and a winter training programme at the Army Mountaineering Institute in Siachen.
• Flagged off on April 3 by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, this marks the third NCC Everest expedition to succeed after those in 2013 and 2016.