The ten member girl’s team from the National Cadet Corps, NCC has successfully scaled Mount Everest, the world’s tallest peak. They scaled the peak after dividing themselves into two teams, where the first team reached the summit on 21st and the second team reached the top on 22nd of this month making it a first ever successful expedition by the NCC Girls Team.
Defence Ministry in a release said, this is an extraordinary achievement as all ten girl cadets of the expedition team are between the age group of 17 and 21 years. The aim of mountaineering expeditions in NCC is to strengthen the character and instil qualities of courage, comradeship, discipline and leadership among the cadets.