Thursday, December 25th, 2025

16 Indian army personnel successfully scale Mt Makalu (with list)



KATHMANDU: A group of 16 Indian Army personnel has successfully climbed Mt Makalu, the 5th highest peak in the world. The group “Indian Army Mountaineering Expedition to Mt Makalu 2019” has scaled the summit this morning, according to Seven Summit Treks.

Similarly, five mountaineers have successfully scaled Mt Makalu yesterday morning. They are Brad Allen Johnson (USA), Sarah Elizabeth (USA), John Nicholas Jacoby (Australia), Yuan-Chin Chang (Taiwan), Chung – Han Lu (Taiwan).

Summiteers from Indian Army Team

1) Pankaj Gaur
2) Jigmat Namgail
3) Sunil Kumar Rai
4) Balwant Singh
5) Ram Bahadur Mall
6) Ankur Rawat
7) Dhane Karki
8.) Devendra Singh
9) Indar Singh Adhikari
10) Dinesh Kumar
11) Narayan Singh
12) Sanjay Kumar Chaudhary
13) Jaypal Singh
14) Deepak Kumar
15) Mharjas Singh Gill
16) Mahak Mehta

Sherpas:
1) Nurbu Sherpa – Makalu-04, Sankhuwasabha
2) Ang Temba Sherpa- Makalu-09, Sankhuwasabha
3) Tashi Sherpa – Makalu-09, Sankhuwasabha
4) Lakpa Sherpa – Makalu-05, Sankhuwasabha
5) Ngima Sherpa – Makalu-05, Sankhuwasabha
6) Mingma Dorchi Sherpa – Makalu-09, Sankhuwasabha
7) Pem Lakpa Sherpa -Makalu-02, Sankhuwasabha
8.) Lakpa Sherpa – Makalu-05, Sankhuwasabha
9) Pemba Sherpa – Makalu-05, Sankhuwasabha
10) Fur Temba Sherpa – Makalu-09, Sankhuwasabha
11) Tenjing Sherpa – Makalu-09, Sankhuwasabha
12) Mingma Temba Sherpa – Makalu-05, Sankhuwasabha
13) Tashi Sherpa – Makalu-01, Sankhuwasabha

Publish Date : 16 May 2019 13:34 PM

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