NIMAS team scales20,942 feet highunclimbed peak

 

 

 

A TEAM from the National Institute of Mountaineering and Adventure Sports (NIMAS) scaled an unnamed and unclimbed 20,942 ft high peak in Arunachal Pradesh and decided to name the summit after the 6th Dalai Lama Tsangyang Gyatso. NIMAS, located at Dirang in Arunachal Pradesh, functions under the Ministry of Defence. The 15-day expedition to scale the peak is one of the most technically challenging summits in the region with sheer ice walls, treacherous crevasses and a 3 km long glacier in the Gorichen range of Arunachal Pradesh Himalayas in Tawang-West Kameng region, a defence release said on Thursday.

 

The 15-member team, led byCol RanveerSinghJamwal, hasdecidedtonamethesummit“TsangyangGyatsoPeak” afterthe 6th Dalai Lama who wasbornin1682inthe region of Mon Tawang. Naming the peak after the 6th Dalai Lama is a tribute to his timeless wisdom and his profoundcontributionstothe Monpa community and beyond, the release stated. NIMAS has informed the Indian Mountaineering Foundation (IMF) about the ascent and the decision to name the peak. Formalities for naming the peak are being completed to ensure that “Tsangyang GyatsoPeak”isrecognisedon the official map. CHINA MIFFED OVER INDIAN MOUNTAINEERS NAMING ARUNACHAL MOUNTAIN AFTER 6TH DALAILAMA:CHINAwas on Thursday miffed over Indian mountaineers naming a previously unnamed peak in Arunachal Pradesh after the 6th DalaiLama,reiteratingits territorialclaimsoverthearea. A team from the National Institute of Mountaineering and Adventure Sports (NIMAS) scaled an unnamed and unclimbed 20,942 fthigh peak in Arunachal Pradesh anddecidedtonamethesummit after the 6th Dalai Lama Tsangyang Gyatso, who was born in 1682 in the region of Mon Tawang. NIMAS, located at Dirang in Arunachal Pradesh, functions under the Ministry of Defence. Naming the peak after the 6th Dalai Lama is a tributetohistimelesswisdom and his profound contributions to the Monpa community and beyond, said a Defence Ministry press release.

 

When asked for his reaction, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jiantoldamediabriefinghere, “I’m not aware of what you mentioned.” “Let me say more broadly that the area of Zangnan is Chinese territory, andit’s illegal,andnullandvoidforIndia to set up the so-called “Arunachal Pradesh” in Chinese territory. This has beenChina’s consistentposition,” he said. China calls ArunachalPradeshZangnan. Also, China has been renamingplacesinArunachal Pradesh since 2017.