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100 _aKohil, Harish and Kumar, Krishan
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245 _aSKI Himalaya: Making the impossible, possible
260 _aU.S.I. Journal
300 _a151(623), Jan-Mar, 2021: p.45-53
520 _aIn 1995, commanders at several levels claimed that it was not only difficult but also extremely dangerous to cross the high passes of the Himalaya in deep winter. The sceptics were proved wrong when an eight-member Ski Himalaya Expedition, with two officers, the author and the then Lieutenant Colonel (later Brigadier) Krishan Kumar traversed in the deep winter from the Karakoram Pass in Ladakh to Lipu Lekh, where Uttarakhand meets Nepal. This is a short narration of that epic expedition. For ease of narration it is in the First Person. At the end some recommendations are given. – Reproduced
773 _aU.S.I. Journal
906 _aEXPEDITION
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