Gangtok,October24: A five member international expedition team led by famous mountaineer Roger Payne has proceeded on a 15 days’ mountaineering trip to West Sikkim.
The other team members are Kenneth Brain (Canada), James Astill and Simon Pike of (US) and Gustavo Ferro-Carrion (Ecuador). The team will be touring and exploring the mountaineering prospects of the alpine peaks above the base camp of Foktey Tar (4200m), it is informed.
The team has proceeded to West Sikkim accompanied by their tour operator, Barap Namgyal Bhutia of Sikkim Holidays. Before proceeding towards West Sikkim, Ferro-Carrion, a medical doctor based in USA said that he has done mountaineering in Himachal Pradesh and that he had been interested for an adventure in Sikkim. “I want to seek the mountains of Sikkim especially Mt. Kanchandzanga and climb at least one peak”, he said.
Mr. Payne is scheduled to make a presentation to Travel Agents Association of Sikkim (TAAS) and other tourism stakeholders on mountain rescue and guide training which should be interesting in view of the recent avalanche mishap at Mt. Thingchinkhang in which two climbers were killed
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