Rising Star Brigade launches expedition to Mount Kun near Kargil

Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, July 7

To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the victory in the Indo-Pak War of 1971, the Rising Star Brigade is undertaking a mountaineering expedition to Mount Kun in the Kargil region.

The team, consisting of two Junior Commissioned officers and 10 other ranks from the brigade, was flagged off by Lt Gen PN Ananthanarayanan, General Officer Commanding, 9 Corps, from Yol cantonment on Wednesday.

In addition, 13 Army personnel from the National Institute of Mountaineering, Dirang, are also participating in the event.

Mount Kun is the second-highest peak of the Nun Kun massif, located in the upper Suru Valley along the Kargil, Zanskar road.

It lies to the north of Nun Peak and is separated from it by a 4 km long snowy plateau.

Offering varying degrees of difficulty in climbing, the expedition involves all aspects of serious technical climbing such as infixed roping, using ice axes in front point climb, scaling with ascender-descender gadgets and other techniques.