The ITBP mountaineers of Sector Head Quarter Shimla climbed 22222 ft high Leo Pargil peak located at IB which is the only successful mountaineering expedition during corona pandemic in Northern India.An official statement said that 12 members of a 16 member team climbed the peak.The leader of this extremely challenging expedition was Deputy Commandant Kuldeep Singh and Deputy Leader was Deputy Commandant Dharmendra. Head Constable Pradeep Negi, native of Chhitkul, the last border village in Kinnaur, climbed it a second time. He has climbed the world's highest mountain Mt Everest two times.These team members took all training and did acclimatisation in spite of limitations of corona crisis.Leo Pargil peak is considered one of the toughest and technical peaks in India. This snow covered difficult peak is located in remote Lahaul Spiti district of Himachal Pradesh. For the mountaineers, this remote Himalayan area has problems of low oxygen, extreme cold and high altitude sicknesses.ITBP is considered the world's toughest force as it is working in the extremely cold high altitude Himalayan region of the country.
