Monthly Archives: June 2013

Bishop Cotton School Shimla students scale Mt Deo Tibba in Manali

http://hillpost.in/2013/06/bishop-cotton-school-shimla-students-scale-mt-deo-tibba-in-manali/89052/

BY:  JUNE 20, 2013 00:07

Shimla: A team of four students of Bishop Cotton School have successfully scaled the 19688ft (6,001 m) Mt Deo Tibba (Mountain of Gods) – a technical peak set back in the Manali valley.

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A team comprising of Mahim Gupta (student leader), Sanjeev Sikri, Anirudh Dipta, Madhav Sahejpaul and Shubham Hissaria was accompanied by Mr.Dinesh Kumar (teacher/instructor).

The expedition began on June 3, and ascend to the summit was carried out in the early morning hours of June 11. The weather was furious and unfavorable for climbing so the team, taking on the odds, had to ascend from the advance camp (set at 16000ft) to the summit i.e. a seven hour trek on 80 degree inclined ice walls, in one go.

Crossing over open crevasses and heading through snowstorms and temperatures as low as -20 degrees, the team reached the summit and unfurled the school flag and the tri-color at 9:15 am of the June 11.

Unfortunately, Shubham Hissaria felt altitude’s blunt at 18200feet and was forced to descend to the advance camp to seek medical aid.

Though, the height of the peak may not seem really challenging for a professional mountaineer, but the equipment, skill and stamina required for scaling the peak was no less than that required for any other higher peek in the Himalayas.

The team of students underwent a basic mountaineering course and training at the Atal Bihari Vajpayee Institute of Mountaineering and Allied Sports, Manali (ABVIMAS).

Mr.Rajiv Sharma, former deputy director of ABHVIMAS, Manali was the team’s technical adviser of the expedition, which was planned by Trek India Outdoor under the supervision of Mr. Naresh Kumar.

It is worth noting that recently a team of students from Lawrence School Sanawar set a new record as six of its members’ summitted the world’s highest peak – Mount Everest!

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OCA UK 2013 Luncheon reminder / wishing Dr Humayun Khan well

Dear Old Cottonians

Reminder for all OC’s that the annual luncheon for the UK Chapter is on Saturday 29 June 2013 at 12 noon at the Bombay Brasserie, Gloucester Road, London. All OC’s and family members are invited to attend. If you have any queries then please contact Gursant Sandhu on +44 77 8871 6525 or send an e-mail to gursant@yahoo.com. Gursant will be please to assist.

The OCA (UK) and all friends would like to wish Dr Humayun Khan very best wishes for his complete recovery soon, after the 3 months treatment he has been under in London. He is returning home with his family so will miss the Annual OCA Lunch – where his amazing prowess as ‘raconteur par excellence’, always adds something special to the event. Neither will he be able to attend the lunch given by Peter and Maggie Stringer nor visit Bob and Gilly Myers in Somerset, where he was also going to watch Australia play Somerset.

Dr. Humayun Khan, who was Foreign Secretary and Ambassador for Pakistan, led the first group of OCs from Pakistan to visit BCS, 62 years after leaving, following the Partition. He has been a keen supporter of BCS, the OCA and regularly comes over in June to London to meet up with OCs. The OCA(UK) donation towards a school, following the earthquakes there a few years ago, was supervised by his wife to the benefit of the children in their new school.

We look forward to having him join us next year at our Annual Lunch.

A.G.P. Niblett
Hon. Life President
OCA (UK)