3 children amongst 14 Trekkers of Rupnagar leave for Mount Everest Base camp
Bahadurjeet Singh/Rupnagar, April 10,2025
Rupnagar is notably becoming a nursery of Mountaineers and Trekkers. Under the guidance of Retired Handball Coach Bikramjit Singh Ghuman and support extended by District Administration and MLA Dinesh Chadha ,Rupnagar has found new energy in the adventure sports. Taking advantage of landscape of Shiwalik Hills , regular trekking groups organize adventures and weekly treks in the Shiwaliks. Likes of it has produced International Record Holder Mountaineers like Sanvi Sood and Teghbir Singh.
This year too under the leadership of Coach Bikramjit Singh Ghuman , 14 Trekkers have left for Mount Everest Base camp in Nepal. The group was flagged off by MLA Dinesh Chadha, Harminder Pal Singh Ahluwalia ( Secretary , BJP Kisan Morcha , Punjab ) , Sanvi Sood (International Mountaineer ) , Teghbir Singh (International Mountaineer ) , Inderpal Singh Satyal and other notable personalities from Rupnagar city.
The group Consists of 14 Mountaineers , all from the Rupnagar city. Out of these 14, 7 are female mountaineers and 7 are male mountaineers. More over out 7 males, 2 are children and out of 7 females, 1 is a girl child.
3 children amongst 14 Trekkers of Rupnagar leave for Mount Everest Base camp. Deputy Commissioner Rupnagar Varjeet Walia sent wishes to the Trekking team.
Dinesh Chadha congratulated the entire group for their efforts and wished them success.
Mount Everest Base Camp:
There are two base camps on Mount Everest, on opposite sides of the mountains: South Base Camp is in Nepal at an altitude of 5,364 metres (17,598 ft), while North Base Camp is in Tibet at 5,150 metres (16,900 ft).
The Everest Base Camp trek on the south side, at an elevation of 5,364 m (17,598 ft), is one of the most popular trekking routes in the Himalayas and about 40,000 people per year make the trek there from Lukla Airport (2,846 m or 9,337 ft). Trekkers usually fly from Kathmandu to Lukla to save time and energy before beginning the trek to the base camp. However, trekking to Lukla is possible. There are no roads from Kathmandu to Lukla and as a result, the only method of transporting large and heavy goods is by plane.
