MPHAL, June 6 MNS NNN: The successful Manipur team of the \u20181st North East Top of the Mount Everest Expedition 2013\u2019 was warmly received and greeted by the people of Manipur on Thursday.
\nManipur Mountaineering and Trekking Association (MMTA) and the observation committee of the 12th Great June Uprising and Unity Day jointly organised a reception ceremony honouring them at the Khuman Lampak Main Stadium here.
\nDr L Surjit Singh, leader of the team, Puyamcha Mohon, successful Mt Everest climber, N Bidyapati Devi, successful first lady Mt Everest climber of Manipur, N Chingkheinganba Meitei, the youngest successful Mt Everest climber of the Northeast India, N Robert, climber, James Waribam, climber, Dr L Nelson, medical doctor of the expedition team, Ch Shankar and Ph Bidyachand Singh, successful Everest climbers from NCC were honoured during the function.
\nKT Rahaman, president, All Manipur United Clubs\u2019 Organisation (AMUCO), Y Nabachandra, president, United Committee Manipur (UCM) and RK Ranendrajit, former president of MMTA shared the dais at the occasion.
\nMaking a speech at the function, KT Rahaman said that it was the \u2018proudest moment\u2019 of the people of the state and hailed the feats of the Manipuri Everest conquerors admitting that despite its tininess the state now has terrific personalities who have scaled the Everest, the highest mountain in the world.
\nRK Ranendrajit also spoke at the event. He said the amazing youths of the state have fulfilled the three decades old dream of the MMTA by reaching the summit of Everest.
\nAfter weeks of climbing, a 16-year-old school kid N Chingkheinganba from Manipur along with his team reached the top of Mount Everest on May 8, becoming the first youngest boy in the entire North East to conquer the world\u2019s highest mountain.
\nOn May 7, N Bidyapati Devi set a record as the first Manipuri lady to scale the Everest summit.
\nChingkheinganba, who is a resident of Patsoi in Imphal West district, is a climber from MMTA. Ansu Jamsenpa from Arunachal Pradesh, David Zohmangaiha of Mizoram, Tarun Sakia of Assam, Karzi Sherpa of Sikkim and Wanshuk Myrthong of Meghalaya along with Chingkheinganba had reached the Everest, with a peak at 8,848 metres (29,029 ft) above sea level.
\nThe 1stNorth East Top of the Mount Everest Expedition 2013 was officially sent off from the historic Kangla Fort, Imphal on February 25.
\nBidyapati, Nima Lima of Arunachal Pradesh and Anand Gurung had successfully reached the top of the mountain on May 7 and Gurung was the first climber from the team to conquer Everest. The expedition was organised by MMTA uunder the aegis of Planning Department, Manipur and funded by North Eastern Council (NEC), Shillong.
\nThe expedition team included 16 climbers\u2014seven from Manipur, two each from Mizoram, Arunachal Pardesh, Assam and Sikkim, and one from Meghalaya.
\nMount Everest having an altitude of 8, 848 metre from the mean sea level and is located at the Mahalangur section of the Himalayas.<\/p>\n\n