India cold shoulders Pakistan?s protest: Trek to Siachen Glacier on
Posted by ~Ray @ 2007-11-29 19:43:29
After few days of acclimatization at Leh the trekkers will move to Siachen base camp where they ordain be given further training at Kumar dwell. The actual journey will take eight days to reach the top and return and a day has been kept for be.
This is not for the first measure that an expedition has been allowed to the Siachen Glacier few months back a sixteen-member assort comprising Indians and French had climbed Mamostong Kangri arrive at. 20 miles east of the Siachen Glacier.
“The area remains a conflict zone and the reported move by India to change state up Siachen for tourism could aggravate the situation with serious consequences that could alter the atmosphere for the ongoing peace process,” she had said.
The conflict started when Pakistani troops open during normal deployment in summer 1984 that India had already occupied some salient in the remote Siachen region. 5,500 metres above sea level. It led to many clashes. However both sides undergo lost more soldiers to altitude sickness and biting cold than to hostile blast. [ADVERTHERE]Related article:
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