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Indian Mountaineering Foundation gets its first woman president
Harshwanti Bisht was elected to the coveted post on November 20, winning 60 out of a total of 107 votes
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Meet Nirmal Purja, the man who is speed-climbing the world's highest peaks
Purja has had an illustrious career in mountaineering and is a multiple Guinness World Records holder for quickest ascents of Everest, Lhotse and Makalu
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Sharp winds scuttle efforts to retrieve bodies of mountaineers
Indian Air Force helicopters on Wednesday undertook three sorties to retrieve bodies of five mountaineers lying near the Nanda Devi East Peak in Uttarakhand but high speed sharp winds hampered their efforts. Considering the tough terrain, the operation of retrieving the bodies might extend beyond a week, Pithoragarh District Magistrate V K Jogdande said. He said three sorties were undertaken from Pithoragarh to retrieve the bodies but the helicopters could not hover over and get down at the spot where five bodies were found. High speed sharp winds at the peak did not let the IAF helicopters with ITBP mountaineers on board get down, he said. "Besides the aerial operation, the administration will also try to reach the spot by the land route tomorrow to retrieve the bodies," he said. We are being joined by 35 State Disaster Response Force men tonight who will be divided into two groups. One will be sent to the spot by land route while the other will try to reach the spot by air," the
