GANGTOK, June 11: The Chief Minister, Pawan Chamling, today met the members of the successful Everest expedition from Sikkim.
The team of 11 mountaineers who recently scaled Mount Everest met the CM today at his official residence in Mintokgang.
Mr. Chamling congratulated the whole team and expressed his profound happiness over the successful expedition.
After a 43-year gap, seven mountaineers from the Sonam Gyatso Mountaineering Institute (SGMI) in Sikkim accomplished the glorious feat at 7.26 a.m. IST on May 22 this year.
Among them, Phul Maya Tamang and Yangdi Sherpa were women climbers. Nima Wangchuk Sherpa (60) from the same team was the oldest Indian Mt. Everest climber.
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