Kolkata: A
West Bengal police wireless operator scaled the Mount Everest, bringing cheers
to the mountaineering enthusiasts who were distraught by the news of recent
deaths while attempting to reach the world’s highest summit.
According to
a statement released by the West Bengal Police Directorate, Rudra Prasad
Haldar, 39 reached the summit last Saturday at around 5.24 AM.
Halder had
set out on his mission to Mount Everest on April 7. He reached the top on May
21 and returned to the base camp two days later, the statement said.
Sponsored by
the state government, West Bengal Police and Sonarpur Arohi, this was Halder’s
second attempt at scaling Everest after last year’s devastating earthquake in
Nepal forced him to stall his expedition after reaching Lobuche (E) (6091
metres).
Rudra trained
at Uttarkashi’s Nehru Institute of Mountaineering.
Three Bengal
climbers, including a woman, were reported missing last week after beginning
their ascent to Mt. Everest. Climber Subhash Pal died during an expedition to
Mount Everest after falling ill on Sunday while two others, Goutam Ghosh and
Paresh Nath, are still untraceable. Nath and Ghosh were near the summit of the
8,848-metre peak on Saturday when they lost contact with the rest of the
four-member team, all of whom were Indians.
The fourth
member, Sunita Hazra, was rescued and taken to hospital.
Mount Everest
is Earth’s highest mountain. It is located in the Mahalangur mountain range in
Nepal and Tibet. It is over 60 million years old. Everest was formed by the
movement of the Indian tectonic plate pushing up and against the Asian plate.
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