~ Expedition to be led by Ms. Bachendri Pal, India’s first woman to scale Mt. Everest ~
~ A unique Expedition with participants aged 50 years and above from across India ~
~ A gift of fitness on International Women’s day ~
Chandigarh, sunita shastri:Tata Steel Adventure Foundation (TSAF) is organising a unique expedition titled FIT@50+ Women’s Trans Himalayan Expedition ’21 in collaboration with the Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports, Government of India, under the FIT India banner. The expedition is also being supported by Tata Motors and Tata Sports Club as drive and fitness partners respectively.The expedition will be led by Ms. Bachendri Pal, recipient of Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri, legendary mountaineer and the first Indian woman to scale Mt. Everest, and will have participants aged 50 and above from across India.
The team members are drawn from across India comprising retired professionals and homemakers. The 10-member team also comprises three Women Everest Summiteers. The 5-month long expedition involves traversing the Himalaya from Arunachal to Karakoram range (East to West) covering around 4,500 kms and cross about 40 mountain passes. The expedition is expected to begin in the first week of May and will conclude in the second week of October this year.
