The Mountaineering Zeal of India

The entire North and North Eastern borders of India are covered with the great Himalayas. India is truly gifted with the enormous biodiversity. The exquisite mountain ranges of the India open the doors for the practice of thrilling sports in the Nation. India is considered as one of the best terrains to practice mountaineering. Yet India is unable to grow this sport in the Nation. The fact is that, till date, India is unable to completely haul the sport of Mountaineering. Mountaineering is a sport that is considered as the sport of other league. The records state that in India there are only three institutes that impart the training for mountaineering. The institutes are present in Manali, Uttrakashi and Darjeeling. Other institutes in the country are affiliated to these institutes and run on smaller scales. The inadequacy of such institutes leads to the obscured fame of the sport of mountaineering. Taking down another reason for the non-popularity of Mountaineering in India is that there are many few who know about it. One who is willing to do mountaineering needs to create a team, but collecting a team is a difficult task. One of the biggest hurdles of mountaineers is to look for a sponsor for their expeditions. The participation in mountaineering can take a lot of money from your pocket. That is why it becomes essential to be sponsored.

Indian Mountaineering still needs to grow as various platforms. But there are the legends from the Indian Soil who have made the Nation proud because of their preeminent spirits and the courage to practice the unusual sport. Mastan Babu Malli is the mountaineer who is claimed to be India’s most famous mountaineer. Mastan Babu Malli is an adventurer and motivational speaker who died while doing what he loves the most. His profound love of climbing the mountains made him the fastest person to scale 7 highest peaks of the seven continents in a record time of 172 days. Mastan Babu Malli was a brilliant student who studied at IIT followed up with the IIM but he left the most promising job to continue his passion of mountaineering. Mastan babu was also conferred the title “The Pride Of India” by the Indian American Friendship Council, at Dallas, Texas. Mastan Babu Malli led the spirit of Never to give up and never to give in.

The Indian Mountains had also seen the undeterred will of Indian Women. Bachendri Pal is the first Indian Women who became successful to reach to the summit of Mount Everest. Born in the villages of Himalaya, Bachendri Pal was enthusiastic about the mountaineering since her childhood. Pal marked the history of climbing the Mount Everest in 1984 and lifted up the status of women in the Indian Society. Bachendri Pal was selected in the India’s Fourth expedition called Everest 84 and from the team of 6 Indian Women and 11 men she was the only women to reach the summit on 23^rd of May at 1:07 p.m. and created own history.