More Than A Hundred Climbers Participated In Ladakh's Ice Wall Climbing Competition Organised By ITBP
In the country's first-ever ice wall climbing competition, the ITBP organised the Ladakh Ice Wall Climbing Race in a bid to attract the youth and promote tourism.
For the very first time, the North-West Frontier ITBP (Indo-Tibetan Border Police) organised an ice wall climbing competition in Ladakh.
This event saw the participation of more than a hundred climbers from 13 teams. According to reports, the competition was organised in collaboration with the Ladakh Mountaineering Guide Association (LMGA).
The lieutenant governor of Ladakh, Radha Krishna Mathur attended the opening ceremony.
ITBP also shared several pictures from the event. ¡°Some glimpses of Ice Wall Climbing Competition in Ladakh organized for the 1st time in the Country by HQrs NW Frontier ITBP, Leh. #Himveers #IceWallClimbing,¡± said a tweet from ITBP.
Some glimpses of Ice Wall Climbing Competition in Ladakh organised for the 1st time in the Country by HQrs NW Frontier ITBP, Leh.#Himveers#IceWallClimbing pic.twitter.com/Mp2qLHTtFc
¡ª ITBP (@ITBP_official) February 27, 2022
ITBP also shared a two-minute video that starts with an address by Radha Krishna Mathur, which showed several climbers braving the freezing temperatures to scale the wall using proper equipment. They were seen scaling walls of ice, digging away with their ice axes and reaching the top.
The soundtrack of the 1976 film 'Rocky' is played in the background.
Ladakh:
¡ª ITBP (@ITBP_official) February 27, 2022
Watch the glimpses of the Ice wall climbing competition in Ladakh organised for the 1st time in the Country by North West Frontier ITBP, Leh. More than 100 climbers are taking part.#Himveers@nwftr_itbp pic.twitter.com/KeOCtkBrfD
ITBP is a specialized mountain force with soldiers who protect around 3,488 kilometres of the country's border from Karakoram Pass in Ladakh to Jachep La in Arunachal Pradesh.
The border force also manages high-altitude outposts (9,000 feet to 18,700 feet) on the Western, Middle, and Eastern sectors along the Indo-China border, where temperatures even drop to -45 degrees Celsius at times.
A couple of days ago an ITBP official showed immense courage. In the video, a 55-year-old ITBP commandant was seen exercising and doing pushups in -30¡ãC.
Push-ups at icy heights...
¡ª ITBP (@ITBP_official) February 23, 2022
ITBP Commandant Ratan Singh Sonal (Age- 55 years) completes more than 60 push-ups at one go at 17,500 feet at minus 30 degree celsius temperature around in Ladakh.#Himveers #FitIndia #FitnessMotivation pic.twitter.com/Fc6BnfmGqH
Commandant Ratan Singh Sonal completed 65 pushups in the freezing temperature in the Ladakh region at an altitude of 17,500ft.
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