All India National Cadet Corps (NCC) Girls’ Mountaineering Expedition 2019 to Mt Tenchenkhang was ‘Flagged In’ by Lt General Rajeev Chopra, Director General NCC here on June 27, 2019. The expedition team came back after successfully summiting Mt Tenchenkhang (6010 Mtr) in west Sikkim. This was the first ever NCC girls’ expedition organised in Sikkim Himalayas since 1970.
The expedition team was ‘Flagged Off’ on May 17, 2019 at Headquarters of Director General of NCC in R K Puram here for Mt Tenchenkhang. Expedition was led by Lt Col Madhab Boro, and Lt Col Suman Lata, Deputy leader along with 17 X staff/GCIs and 20 girl cadets.
The team summited Mt Tenchenkhang on June 12 in spite of inclement weather and brought laurels to the NCC fraternity. Lt General Rajeev Chopra appreciated the efforts put in by the expedition team and awarded certificates to the girl cadets who successfully undertook this expedition. He exhorted them that this adventure trip should make them confident to take on more of such activities and these activities bring out the qualities of leadership & camaraderie in the cadets.
Lt Gen Chopra appreciated that Mt Tenchenkhang is graded as A plus peak in terms of technical difficulty and despite all challenges the cadets were able to summit the peak.
On their way back to Delhi while in Gangtok, Sikkim Governor Ganga Prasad also lauded and felicitated the team for the commendable feat.
