Meru, a namesake of the Cosmic mountain of Indian mythology, rises up between Thalaysagar and Shivling, in a glorious trio of Southern, Central and Northern peaks in the Garhwal Himalaya. Meru North at 6,450m, is the second highest of the three. The first ever alpine-style ascent of Meru North was achieved by an Indo-Swedish team (Åke Nilsson, Birger Andrén, Charu Sharma, Mandip S. Soin & Dr. Tejvir S. Khurana) in 1986. The team took 6 days (round trip) to summit on 6 September, 1986. In this webinar Prof. Khurana recounts the extraordinary story of this historic ascent.
Prof. Tejvir S. Khurana MBBS (University of Delhi), PhD (Harvard University), is a Professor of Physiology at the Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, USA and has been climbing since the 70's in India, East Africa, Europe, USA, Alaska, the Himalaya, the Andes and the Alps, including some FAs at Dhauj, and likes climbing moderate routes in exotic locales. His research interests include muscle diseases, exercise, hypoxia, altitude physiology and doping in sports. He has participated in a number of expeditions including research expeditions, studying genes, color vision & muscle at extreme altitudes in the Himalaya as well as in the Andes & Alaska. Prof. Khurana can be reached at tsk@pennmedicine.upenn.edu.
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To learn more about the team's climb of Meru North, please see:
1. Indo-Swedish Expedition to Meru 1986 by Mandip Singh Soin, The Himalayan Journal, 43 (1987) www.himalayanclub.org/hj/43/1...
2. First Indian Ascent of Meru North - a personal account by Mandip Singh Soin. The Outdoor Journal, 1 (2013) www.outdoorjournal.com/focus-...
3. On RU-vid - Mt. Meru : A Piece of Heaven (© Åke Nilsson; narrator Charu Sharma) Re-edit by Himraj S. Soin : • Mt. Meru: A Piece of H...
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