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Imphal, May 18 : After Bidyapati of Manipur, Nima Lama of Arunachal Pradesh and .Anand Gurung of Sikkim unfurled the expedition flag on top of Mt. Everest on 17th May 2012 morning as part of the 1st North East India top of the World Mt. Everest Expedition 2013. For the second day, the summit continues with 6 more climbers of the team reaching the height and successfully making their summit.
Anshu Jamshenpa of Arunachal Pradesh, N. Chingkheinganba of Manipur, David Zohmangaiha of Mizoram, Tarun Saikia of Assam, Kazi Sherpa of Sikkim made their successful summit at 5.15AM (IST) and Wangsuk Myrthong of Meghalaya summitted at 8.15AM (IST).
With the successful summit, David Zohmangaiha, Tarun Saikia and Wangshuk Myrthong are the first Mt. Everest summiter from their respective states. Anshu Jamsenpa of Arunachal Pradesh has again created history by being the only mother of two who successfully summitted the Mt. Everest for the third time. N. Chingkheinganba, the 16 years old boy from Manipur is the youngest among the team. The expedition team is the first ever comprising exclusively of mountaineers from North East India. It is being executed under the leadership of Manipur Mountaineering and Trekking Association, funded by North Eastern Council, Shillong and Supported by Planning Department, Govt. of Manipur. The Leader of the Expedition is Dr. L. Surjit, President of Manipur Mountaineering and Trekking Association.
Until now altogether 9 mountaineers of the team have summitted the Mt. Everest of which 2 each from Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim and 1 each from Meghalaya, Mizoram and Assam.
Puyamcha Mohon from Manipur is expected to summit the Everest by tomorrow morning.
1. Wangsuk Myrthong, Meghalaya Police, Meghalaya
Summited Mt. Everest on 18th May 2013 at 8.15 AM (IST) as part of the 1st North East India top of the World Mt. Everest Expedition 2013
Anshu Jamsenpa, Arunachal Pradesh
Summited Mt. Everest on 18th May 2013 at 5.15 AM (IST) as part of the 1st North East India top of the World Mt. Everest Expedition 2013
David Zohmangaiha, Mizoram
Summited Mt. Everest on 18th May 2013 at 5.15 AM (IST) as part of the 1st North East India top of the World Mt. Everest Expedition 2013.
N. Chingkheinganba, Manipur
Summited Mt. Everest on 18th May 2013 at 5.15 AM (IST) as part of the 1st North East India top of the World Mt. Everest Expedition 2013.
Tarun Saikia, Assam
Summited Mt. Everest on 18th May 2013 at 5.15 AM (IST) as part of the 1st North East India top of the World Mt. Everest Expedition 2013.
Kazi Sherpa, OSD (Adventure)- India Himalayan Centre for Adventure and Eco Tourism, Sikkim
Summited Mt. Everest on 18th May 2013 at 5.15 AM (IST) as part of the 1st North East India top of the World Mt. Everest Expedition 2013.
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