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    Andrew
    Spectator

    Dear Friends,

    Greetings from the Indian Mountaineering Foundation!

    On behalf of the IMF, it is my great pleasure to announce the launch of the IMF Webinars 2020, a web seminar series featuring exciting adventure stories and related topics.

    Over the next few weeks, we will be regularly uploading the Webinar videos on Youtube, starting with the Volume 1 of the IMF Webinar Series titled Zemu Gap from South (Sikkim Himalaya) by Anindya Mukherjee, which is now live on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVsjy_U0J38 . The description of this webinar is copied below.

    We request you to like, share and subscribe to the channel, and get all the latest updates on our future uploads. And do recommend this channel and circulate this link within your members, so that it can reach out widely to the outdoor community.

    In case you would like to share your own thrilling adventure and do a Webinar yourself or recommend some one you know, please feel free write in to me with your concept. Any suggestions and feedback to help us improve our content would be most appreciated.

    Happy viewings and Best wishes,
    Mayank Vyas Singh
    Hony. Editor, Apex

    Indian Mountaineering Foundation
    6, Benito Juarez Road, Opp Anand Niketan | New Delhi – 110 021
    Tel: 011- 2411 1211, 2411 79 35 | Fax: 011-2411 3412
    Direct number: +91-8220913105
    http://www.indmount.org*

    Description of the Webinar in Anindya’s Words :
    The history of exploration around Kangchenjunga, especially around its south, south east and east flanks; has always fascinated me. The classic journeys and adventures of pioneers like W.W. Graham, John Claude White, Douglas Freshfield, Dr. A.M. Kellas, Harold Raeburn, N.A.Tombazi, Lord John Hunt and Paul Bauer ignited my imagination. The height of inspiration of course came from reading my hero Mr. H.W. Tilman’s account in the Himalayan Journal (vol. IX) on his attempt on Zemu Gap from south in 1936. The primary challenge of climbing Zemu Gap from south has always been its remote & complicated approach. Many failed just to reach the foot of this col. To add to that, its apparently impregnable defenses took Zemu Gap to a next level of exploratory climbing and thus making it a fascinating long standing problem in the Sikkim Himalaya. In this short illustrated talk I have tried to cover the history of exploration around the mysterious and apparently impregnable Zemu Gap, the mythology of the Lepcha people that is associated with the snows of these ranges and our climb of the Zemu Gap in December 2011 that happened to be its first documented ascent from South.

    #13786
    OliB
    Spectator

    Thanks for sharing that. It’s an interesting video.

    #13787
    Andrew
    Spectator

    Dear Friends,

    Greetings from the Indian Mountaineering Foundation on World Earth Day!

    On behalf of the IMF Webinar team, it is my great pleasure to share Volume 4 of the IMF Webinars 2020, titled : Safety Tips for Trekking in Brown Bear Habitat by Kirti Chavan, which is now live on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajIy1KTepUg&t=11s This Volume focuses on conservation and habitat issues of the Himalayan Brown Bear, an endangered species.

    Over the next few weeks, we will be regularly uploading more such interesting and informative Webinar videos on IMF Youtube channel, which can be accessed through this link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkYOxh_NRJS_jSqxySTQQHw?view_as=subscriber. We request you to like, share and subscribe to the channel, and get all the latest updates on our future uploads. And do recommend this channel and circulate this link within your members, so that it can reach out widely to the outdoor community.

    In case you would like to share your own thrilling adventure and do a Webinar yourself or recommend some one you know, please feel free write in to me with your concept. Any suggestions and feedback to help us improve our content would be most appreciated.

    Happy viewings and Best wishes,
    Mayank Vyas Singh
    Member, Editorial Board – IMF Webinar Series
    Hony. Editor, Apex

    #13804
    Andrew
    Spectator

    Greetings from the Indian Mountaineering Foundation!

    On behalf of the IMF Webinar team, it is my great pleasure to share Volume 5 of the IMF Webinars 2020, titled : Everest by a Staircase by Dr. Arun Nayak, which is now live on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FBYs39TOzo&t=12s . This video “Everest by a Staircase” is intended as an inspiration to all fitness enthusiasts finding yourself constricted by the ongoing lockdown. Dr. Arun Nayak has made good use of this time to accomplish a long held dream, of climbing the equivalent of Everest (8,848m) on the staircase of his building. And he does so without breaking the lockdown rules!

    Over the next few weeks, we will be regularly uploading more such interesting and informative Webinar videos on IMF Youtube channel, which can be accessed through this link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkYOxh_NRJS_jSqxySTQQHw?view_as=subscriber. We request you to like, share and subscribe to the channel, and get all the latest updates on our future uploads. And do recommend this channel and circulate this link within your members, so that it can reach out widely to the outdoor community.

    In case you would like to share your own thrilling adventure and do a Webinar yourself or recommend some one you know, please feel free write in to me with your concept. Any suggestions and feedback to help us improve our content would be most appreciated.

    Happy viewings and Best wishes,
    Mayank Vyas Singh
    Member, Editorial Board – IMF Webinar Series
    Hony. Editor, Apex

    Indian Mountaineering Foundation
    6, Benito Juarez Road, Opp Anand Niketan | New Delhi – 110 021
    Tel: 011- 2411 1211, 2411 79 35 | Fax: 011-2411 3412
    Direct number: +91-8220913105
    http://www.indmount.org

    Everest by a Staircase – Dr. Arun Nayak | IMF Webinar Vol. 5 | Fitness in the time of COVID

    Dr Arun Nayak is an amateur mountaineer and long distance runner. He has done numerous treks in the Himalayas and has also summitted a few peaks, Mt Mera, Nepal, Mt Stok Kangri, Mt Hanuman Tibba. He is also a regular contributor to book reviews for the Himalayan Club Journal. He has done numerous Ultra marathons in India and the Comrades in South Africa. He is an Orthodontist by profession and maintains a private practice in Fort, Mumbai.

    #13824
    Andrew
    Spectator

    Dear Friends,

    On behalf of the IMF Webinar Team I am extremely pleased to share Volume 11 of the ongoing IMF Webinar Series entitled ‘Nelong – The Forbidden Valley of Janhavi’ by Ashutosh Mishra, which is now live on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCLmb9rUJTg

    On behalf of members of IMF I would like to thank Ashutosh Mishra for putting together this informative and interesting webinar and sharing details of his exploration.

    In case you would like to share your own thrilling adventure / explorations and do a Webinar yourself or recommend some one you know, please feel free write in to me with your concept. Any suggestions and feedback to help us improve our content would be most appreciated.

    Happy viewings and Best wishes,
    Mayank Vyas Singh
    Member, Editorial Board – IMF Webinar Series
    Hony. Editor, Apex

    Indian Mountaineering Foundation
    6, Benito Juarez Road, Opp Anand Niketan | New Delhi – 110 021
    Tel: 011- 2411 1211, 2411 79 35 | Fax: 011-2411 3412
    Direct number: +91-8220913105
    http://www.indmount.org

    Nelong – The Forbidden Valley of Janhavi : Ashutosh Mishra | IMF Webinars Vol. 11 | Exploration

    Aptly referred to as the Forbidden Valley, the Nelong watershed in the “Source of the Ganges” area has long been the object of curiosity among adventurers or those looking for escaping into Tibet like Heinrich Harrer. Ashutosh Mishra executed multiple explorations in his attempt to unravel some interesting aspects of this rarely visited valley including exploring an alternate route to Kalindi Khal from Gangotri temple to Badrinath temple. Join Ashutosh in his explorations of the Forbidden Valley of Janhavi.

    Ashutosh Mishra pursues a career in Management Consulting with deep passion for the Himalayas. He has spent about 2 decades in exploratory expeditions in the Himalayan ranges of Kumaon, Garhwal and Kinnaur. Ashutosh combines modern technology with Himalayan explorations in team formation, route planning, navigation and visualization for such expeditions. He has been regularly published in mountaineering journals and awarded by the IMF for several interesting and pioneering adventures. Currently he is involved in diverse projects in the mountains, ranging from organic farming to renewable energy solutions and more interesting explorations.

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