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IAF’s conquer ‘Seven Summits’
January 13 , 2018
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- An expert team of Indian Air Force (IAF) mountaineers led by Capt R C Tripathi has returned after successfully hoisting the Indian Tricolor and the IAF flag on Mount Vinson, the highest peak of Antarctica.
- Before Mt Vinson, different teams of the Air Force had summited Mt Everest (Asia), Mt Carstenz Pyramid (Indonesia- Australasia continent), Mt Elbrus (Russia-Europe), Mt Kilimanjaro (Africa), Mt Aconcagua (Argentina-South America), Mt McKinley/Denali (Alaska-North America) over the last two decades.
- IAF becomes first defense body to summit all major seven peaks across seven continents.
- The IAF Mission Seven Summits was launched in 2008 with an aim to hoist the National Tricolour on the highest mountains of all seven continents.
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