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90 trainees scale 17,530-ft peak

90 trainees scale 17,530-ft peak
Trainees of the Army’s High Altitude Warfare School after scaling the summit.
  • Over 90 commissioned and non-commissioned officers undergoing mountain warfare advance training at the Army’s High Altitude Warfare School (HAWS) have scaled a 17,530-ft peak in Kashmir
  • A Srinagar-based spokesman said the team started the expedition on September 27 and reached the top on September 29
  • “The team, led by Maj Gen Atul Kaushik, commandant, HAWS, traversed the treacherous route having ice walls, moraines, glacial fields and crevasses,” the spokesman said.  Srinagar, TNS