before mt everest, kangchenjunga was the tallest mountain in the world.
before mt everest, kangchenjunga was the tallest mountain in the world.
before mt everest what was the tallest mountain in the world?
kangchenjunga
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bullet::::- indian navy undertook a momentary expedition to mt everest in 2017 specially termed "sagartal se sagarmatha" meaning "seabed to summit" where in the ceremonial ice-axe was taken underwater to the lowest sea-bed in karwar and was successfully taken atop the world's highest point. the expedition was also inline with honouring the india's first successful expedition to mt everest led by legend of indian mountaineering capt ms kohli (in)in may 1965. the expedition team consisted of 18 climbers and 06 support team. 04 climbers from team a which includes lt anant kukreti, lt cdr c s yadav, lt shashank tewari and bikas maharana (com i) had successfully summited the peak at 0630hrs on 21 may 2017. members of team b stood test of time and sustained prolonged stay at 6400m high camp ii. they displayed true grit and determination by not giving up in adverse weather conditions but awaited patiently to scale the highest peak in the world on the first available opportunity and had successfully summited mt everest, 8848 m at 0730 hrs on 27 may 17. the team consisted of lt cdr hari prasath, hariom (po) , sandeep singh (lpt), ashish gupta (la ah) and avinash bhawane (ma i). apart from the main expedition team, 02 members of the support team sachin kanjalkar (lma) and manoj adari (lma) successfully summited mt lhotse at 1000 hrs on 25 may 2017. mt lhotse is the sister peak of mt everest. standing at 8516m, it is the fourth highest peak in the world after everest, k2 and kanchenjunga.
list of mount everest records of india