Bhagwan Singh Khuswaha, an employee of Sports and Youth Directorate Bhopal and Ratnesh Pandey of Satna made Madhya Pradesh proud as they climbed to the top of Mount Everest and hoisted Indian flag.
The Mount Everest expedition ‘South face Spring -2016’ started on March 30, 2016 and on May 19, 2016 at 9.30 am Singh reached the top of Mount Everest and Hoisted flag. From the camp-4 the expedition stared on March 18 at 7pm and in the team there were 8 members. Out of the eight members only five made it to the top. Singh was one of the five who made it to the top. Whereas Pandey completed the expedition on May 21, 2016.
In Pandey’s team there were 16 members out of which only 10 completed the expedition. Notably, Singh has also travelled Dalhousie, Chandanbadi and Kailash Mansarovar.
Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and State Sports and Youth Welfare Minister Yashodra Raje Scindia have congratulated Singh and Pandey for their victory. They said that these mountaineers have made the State proud by completing the expedition.
Director of Sports and Youth Welfare Upendra Jain said that Rs 18.25 lakh has been approved by the Sports and Youth Welfare Department for the expedition by Singh. Similarly, 6.93 lakh was approved for Pandey last year, but he could not complete it due to the earthquake at Mount Everest.
Both the Mountaineers have thanked the Chief Minster Chouhan and Sports and Youth Welfare Minister Scindia for their support.
The achievements of Singh includes, 56 kilometres covered on foot in 7 hours at Dalhousie and made a trekking record, 8 times awarded as best climber, 6 times posted as an in charge of national trekking team, 5 times posted as Bell Camp leader, 8 times trekked Amarnath and in Shrinagar Chandanbadi covered 32 kilometer uphill in 11 hours.