Climbers felicitated on trek’s silver jubilee
Posted by barunroy on March 31, 2008
SILIGURI, March 30: It has been twenty five years since some energetic youths of North Bengal Explorers’ Club of Siliguri first stepped on the summit of Mt. Koktang in Sikkim Himalaya creating a history of sorts. In commemoration of the silver jubilee of the remarkable feat the Himalayan Nature and Adventure Foundation organised a programme today at the Kanchenjunga stadium hall in Siliguri. Mr Amulya Sen, the official advisor, West Bengal Mountaineering and Adventure Sports Foundation under government of West Bengal, Mr Nima Tashi of the Himalayan Mountaineering Institute, Mr Bhanu Banerjee, an eminent mountaineer and Mr Animesh Basu , a prominent member of the successful scalers of the Mt Koktang in 1982 were present at the function.
Apart from the addresses by the eminent personalities a slide on Mt Koktang expedition of 1982 was presented by Mr Animesh Bose.
Mr Bhanu Banerjee also paid a tribute to the greatest mountaineer of the age Sir Edmund Hillary through a slide presentation.
All the members of the successful expedition team to Mt Koktang in 1982 were felicitated at the function. Addressing the gathering Mr Amulya Sen expressed grief over the ebbing interest in adventures like mountaineering among the younger generation of the society. He also asked the West Bengal government to take initiatives in the direction of reviving the celebrated Himalayan Mountaineering Institute in Darjeeling. [The Statesman]
