New Delhi, March 11: In its quest to achieve a world record of conquering the tallest mountains of all seven continents, an Air Force team of five mountaineers has successfully scaled South America’s highest peak, Mt Aconcagua, and returned home today.
“The IAF team consisting of five air warriors has successfully returned after hoisting the Tricolour and the IAF flag on top of the highest peak of South American continent -? Mt Aconcagua — at 6,962 metres,” an IAF press release said here.
The expedition was part of IAF’s ‘Mission Seven Summit’ and the team had to negotiate long treks of eight to nine hours through the dry, treacherous, barren and dusty mountains, with strong winds and chill factor making movement difficult, it said.
The team was flagged in by Air Officer-in-Charge Administration (AOA) Air Marshal J N Burma at the IAF headquarters here.
–Agencies