Excelsior Sports Correspondent
JAMMU, Mar 31: A highly motivated team of twelve soldiers from 11 Guards of Double Victory Formation successfully completed their mountain terrain cycling expedition from Kingal to Losar, today.
The team was led by Lieutenant Ashok Shukla was flagged off by Brigadier Sandeep Singh, Commander Double Victory Formation on March 12, 2016. Expedition team in about 15 days covered a distance of approximately 400 KM in the upper reaches of Himachal Pradesh with heights ranging from 6726 feet to 14931 feet.
The team successfully overcame heavy snow, inclement weather and difficult terrain. During the expedition, the team also visited the local villages and enhanced awareness about Indian Army and exhorted the locals to preserve the rich and diverse ecological system in their immediate environment.
Adventure activities of such extreme nature instill team spirit, physical and mental courage, high level of endurance, discipline and spirit-de-corps among the young soldiers. The successful culmination of expedition was highly appreciated by one and all and the team was complimented by Brigadier Sandeep Singh, Commander Double Victory Formation during the befitting ‘Flagging In’ ceremony conducted at Beas today.
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