GUWAHATI: Arunachal Pradesh mountaineer Taka Tamut has been selected for the prestigious Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award for the year 2019.
The award will be conferred by President Ram Nath Kovind in a virtual ceremony on 29 August.
Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu tweeted, “Congratulations to Mountaineer Taka Tamut from #Arunachal on being selected for #TenzingNorgay National Adventure Award 2019. Tamut, who scaled #MtEverest in 2018 had also successfully carried out 18-day arduous search operation of missing @IAF_MCC An-32 plane in July 2019.”
Congratulations to Mountaineer Taka Tamut from #Arunachal on being selected for #TenzingNorgay National Adventure Award 2019.
Tamut, who scaled #MtEverest in 2018 had also successfully carried out 18-day arduous search operation of missing @IAF_MCC An-32 plane in July 2019. pic.twitter.com/RpRUv5dp8U
— Pema Khandu པདྨ་མཁའ་འགྲོ་། (@PemaKhanduBJP) August 26, 2020
Tamut , a civil engineer, 27-year-old has been conferred the award for his achievements in adventure sports.
He had scaled the Mount Everest (8,848 metres) in 2018 without the help of sherpas.
Tamut was also part of teams that scaled the Mount Lhotse (8,510 metres) in 2017 and Mount Mera (6,300 metres) in 2017 and Mount Stok Kangri (6,153 metres) in 2016.
In June 2019, he was part of a 15-member team that retrieved the bodies of 13 Indian Air Force (IAF) personnel who died in a AN-32 transporter aircraft crash. He was conferred the Arunachal Pradesh gold medal award and the AOC-IN-C medal by the IAF for taking part in the rescue operation.
The Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award is regarded as one of the highest national awards for adventure sports in India. Conferred annually, it recognises achievements in the field of adventure on land, sea and air.
(with inputs from The Print)
