Four youths from three small villages of Kalinganagar area have successfully completed the one-month advanced mountaineering course at the Himalayan Mountaineering Institute (HMI) in Darjeeling with the support of Tata Steel.
They returned with not only good memories but also with confidence that the skills they have learnt and certificates of the prestigious mountaineering institute would enable them in making a career in the police force or the Indian Army.
The four youths included Dhaneswar Jena of Ranagundi, Nalinikanta Mohanta of Rangahudi and Ajay Kumar Munda and Ranchi Purty of Bajrapalli of Kalinganagar.
Earlier, with support of Tata Steel, the youths had successfully completed the basic mountaineering course and all of them cleared the course with ‘A’ grade in April 2016.
The Tata Steel sends youths from its operational area for different expeditions including outdoor leadership camps at Tumung in Jharkhand and Uttarkashi in Uttarakhand, trekking at Mt Kanamo in Spiti Valleyin Himachal Pradesh and Everest base camp, and mountaineering courses, both basic and advance, at Himalayan Mountaineering Institute (HMI), Darjeeling, every year.