Mountaineers reach peaks to be named after Vajpayee

Press Trust of India  |  Uttarkashi 

A mountaineering expedition to two virgin peaks in Gangotri glacier, which are to be named after former Vajpayee, successfully concluded with two teams scaling the peaks.

The team will return to Uttarkashi tomorrow when details of the records set during the expedition will be shared with the media, he said.

The joint expedition named "Mission Atal" undertaken by teams from and was flagged off by from Dehradun on October 4.

The two peaks, to be named Atal-1 and Atal-2, are at heights of 6,557 and 6,566 metres.

Vajpayee, 93, died at All India Institute of on August 16 after a prolonged illness.

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First Published: Fri, October 19 2018. 21:00 IST