New Delhi, Feb. 5 -- Defence minister Rajnath Singh flagged-off a joint expedition to Mount Aconcagua in Argentina from South Block, here on Thursday. The mountain standing 6,961 metres tall is the highest peak of South America and is the highest mountain outside Asia. The joint expedition is being undertaken by the Nehru Institute of Mountaineering (NIM), Uttarkashi and Jawahar Institute of Mountaineering and Winter Sports (JIM&WS), Pahalgam.
The six-member team comprises highly-trained instructors- Col Hem Chandra Singh, Capt G Santhosh Kumar, Deep Bahadur Sahi, Vinod Gusain, Nb Sub Bhupinder Singh, and Hav Ramesh Kumar. The journey will commence on February 06, and the expedition is expected to conclude by the end of February.
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