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Age is no barrier for these Indian women mountaineers

<keyword id="1714585" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Aparna-Kumar">Aparna Kumar</keyword>, who holds the <a href="https://www.newsnation.in/india-news/aparna-kumar-becomes-first-female-ips-officer-itbp-to-reach-south-pole-indo-tibetan-border-police-dig-article-211936.html" data-type="tilCustomLink">record</a> of scaling 211 mountaineering expeditions across the globe, is now set to explore the North Pole this month. In fact, Kumar, who was the first woman IPS officer to reach the South Pole, is now targeting an attempt to scale Mount Denali, North America, in July this year. Traversing the snow path, Kumar unveiled her South Pole feat at the 13 January hoisting the national and Indo Tibetian Border Police (ITBP) flag. Since its inception, the ITBP is a Central Armed police force that ensures securing icy borders. Here’s a peek into her journey: 
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This Indian cop has been on a record 211 mountaineering expeditions globally — and she is now setting off for the North Pole

Breaking the barriers of age, these <keyword id="7513004" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="indian-women-mountaineers">Indian women mountaineers</keyword> have embraced a life of adventure, climbing the highest <keyword id="694874" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="mountain-peaks">mountain peaks</keyword> across the globe. From bad weather to sustaining on packaged food, these mountaineers made history in India's adventure sports. Here are the women mountaineers from India who scaled highest mountains: <div type="Slideshow" msid="68797251" hostid="261" title="Age is no barrier for these Indian women mountaineers" firstImageMsid="68797253" slideCount="5"></div>

<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table center lead-image-large"><div><div class="image on-image">Shutterstock/EvanFHDenali, in Alaska, is the tallest mountain in the United States.</div></div></div><ul class="summary-list"><li>Mountains are some of the most fascinating landforms on Earth.</li><li>The tallest mountains in the world are all in Asia, mostly in China, Nepal, Pakistan, and India.</li><li>We compiled photos of the tallest mountain in 31 different countries.</li></ul>Whether you're an adventurer, a nature lover, or just a sightseer, mountains make for some of the most fascinating landforms on Earth.When it comes to the highest mountains in the world, Asia is where the action is - the continent is home to the 188 tallest mountains in the world, most of which are in China, Nepal, Pakistan, and India.But with each country listed by just its tallest mountain, many other countries float up the list. Argentina has the 10th tallest national high point, Aconcagua, while the United States' tallest mountain, Denali, is 15th on the list.Read more: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/elevation-high-point-each-us-state-2018-4">The highest point in every US state</a>We've compiled breathtaking photos of the tallest mountains in 31 different countries, listed in reverse order. Some peaks, like the tallest mountain in the world, are claimed by two countries, so they're listed together here. Measurements were taken from <a href="https://www.peakbagger.com/list.aspx?lid=1100">Peakbagger.com</a>.Read on to see where each country ranks among the giants.

Breathtaking photos of the highest points in 31 different countries, from Denali to Everest

Ever been on board a mountain train and chugged up the heights? Ran along snow-clad ranges or took your fill of gold-green valleys stretching towards the horizon? If you are planning a well-deserved getaway and want to unwind while on your way, nothing can be better than a relaxing train ride while the breathtaking panorama passing by keeps you spellbound. Here are 7 <keyword id="1905773" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Mountain-rail-trails">mountain rail trails</keyword> across India – the perfect way to discover <keyword id="231173" type="ENTERTAINMENT" weightage="100" keywordseo="The-Hills">the hills</keyword> and the valleys, gorges and waterfalls, tunnels and trestles, from the comfort of your quaint <keyword id="6371482" type="POSITION" weightage="80" keywordseo="coach">coach</keyword> and window seat. You can book tickets online or can reserve a <keyword id="1347892" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="80" keywordseo="luxury-coach">luxury coach</keyword> for friends and family, to make it a memorable holiday starter. 
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Chugging Up: 7 Mesmerising Mountain Train Rides
In India

<ul class="summary-list"><li>A mountaineer stumbled upon a <keyword id="12187801" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="treasure" source="Orion">treasure</keyword> trove of jewels on a glacier off <keyword id="11964539" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="france" source="Orion">France</keyword>'s Mont Blanc in 2013.</li><li>The precious gems are believed to have belonged to a passenger who died in a plane crash.</li></ul>A mountain climber who discovered a metal box filled with precious gems, buried for decades on a glacier off France's Mont Blanc, has been rewarded a share of the treasure eight years after he found it, <a href="https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20211204-french-climber-pockets-share-of-mont-blanc-gems-after-2013-find">France 24</a> reported.The mountaineer discovered the collection of emeralds, rubies, and sapphires in 2013 after seeing something poking out of the snow and ice near the French-Swiss border, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/26/mont-blanc-climber-indian-jewels">The Guardian</a> reported.<div type="image" title="The mountaineer found the jewels in Chamonix, France." height="663" width="885" msid="88109605" hostid="261"></div>He found a box with "Made in India" inscribed on it that contained about 100 stones, the media outlet said. It's believed to have belonged to a passenger killed in one of two Air India flights that crashed in 1950 and 1966 near Mont Blanc, The Guardian reported in 2013.The man carried the treasure to a local police station, reports said, but had to wait years to find out if he would be rewarded for his honesty.On Saturday, Eric Fournier, <keyword id="12675518" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="chamonix" source="Orion">Chamonix</keyword>'s mayor, told the <a href="https://www.afp.com/en/news-hub">Agence France-Presse</a> that the mountaineer had shown "integrity," and he announced that "the stones have been shared this week."The treasure has been split into two equal lots, France 24 reported. Both the man and local authorities are set to receive a set of gems to the value of 150,000 euros ($169,000), the media outlet said.Fournier told AFP that he was "very happy" that a decision had been reached.In 2017, a man found <a href="https://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-human-remains-found-on-mont-blanc-may-belong-to-1966-air-india-victims-2517536">human remains</a> in Chamonix believed to have been from passengers on one of the Air India flights.

A mountaineer who found a trove of rubies, emeralds, and sapphires that belonged to a passenger killed in a plane crash gets a share of the gems, reports say

Why India is building a tunnel in the world's highest mountain range

<ul><li>Two-thirds of the Himalayan glaciers — that constitute Mount Everest— will melt by the year 2100 if the rise in temperature continues at the same pace. </li><li>Even if governments try to control the rising temperature, it would still lead to the melting of at least one-third of Himalayan glaciers. </li><li>The Himalayan region has witnessed a surge in temperature by two degrees Fahrenheit since the 20th century. </li><li>The life of approximately two billion people is dependent on the future of these mountains. </li></ul>Global warming has put the Hindu Kush mountain range of the Himalayas — home to <keyword id="14834" type="LOCATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Mount-Everest">Mount Everest</keyword> — at utmost risk with most of its glacier cover expected to melt in less than eight decades, a recent report by the Nepal-based inter-governmental research organisation, International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) has warned. According to the report, <a href="https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007%2F978-3-319-92288-1">the Hindu Kush Himalaya Assessment</a>, two-thirds of the glaciers in the region will melt by the year 2100 if the temperature continues to increase at the current pace. In fact, one-third of the Himalayan glacier will melt by 2100 even if the global efforts are undertaken to meet the 2015 Paris agreement targets of limiting global temperature rise of 1.5 degrees Celsius. The Hindu Kush Himalayan region, which includes Mount Everest and K2, stretches over 2,000 miles across Asia, from Afghanistan to Myanmar. It has witnessed a surge in temperature by two degrees fahrenheit since the 20th century, noted the report. The melting of glaciers will have a direct impact on the flow of Asian rivers including the Ganges and the Indus. It could lead to increased water levels in the major rivers that could result in floods, affecting agricultural resources of billions of people in India, China, and six other countries. The life of approximately two billion people is dependent on the future of these mountains, estimates the report. A water crisis awaits Access to water is already a great concern for people living in mountains in India, the changes in global warming could also result in a water crisis. Presently, the Hindu Kush Himalayan Region is a water resource for around a third of the world’s population, according to the report. Last year, some of the residents of the Indian city of Shimla, the capital of <keyword id="6358126" type="LOCATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Himachal-Pradesh">Himachal Pradesh</keyword> and a famous tourist destination<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/17/world/asia/shimla-india-drought-water.html?module=inline"> asked visitors to not to visit the hill station</a> because the water supply in the city dropped to dangerously low “<a href="http://www.niti.gov.in/writereaddata/files/document_publication/2018-05-18-Water-index-Report_vS6B.pdf">India is suffering from the worst water crisis</a> in its history and millions of lives and livelihoods are under threat”, said a government report released in 2018. Presently, 600 million people are facing <keyword id="68552" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="water-scarcity">water scarcity</keyword> and over 200,000 people are dying every year due to inadequate water resources. See also: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/North-India-is-as-cold-as-Southern-Europe-now-because-of-Arctic-winds/articleshow/67755060.cms">North India is as cold as Southern Europe now because of Arctic winds</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/the-us-is-suffering-through-a-polar-vortex-paradoxically-we-may-have-global-warming-to-thank-for-that-/articleshow/67782406.cms">The US is suffering through a polar vortex. Paradoxically, we may have global warming to thank for that.</a>

Most of the glaciers of the Himalayan mountain range surrounding Mount Everest will melt by the end of the 21st century: Report

<ul><li>In <keyword id="571306" type="General" weightage="100" keywordseo="mountain-dew" source="Orion">Mountain Dew</keyword>'s latest edition of <keyword id="5631020" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Darr-ke-aage-jeet-hai" source="Orion">Darr ke aage jeet hai</keyword>, <keyword id="6354563" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="hrithik-roshan" source="Orion">Hrithik Roshan</keyword> is seen speeding down <keyword id="92239" type="General" weightage="80" keywordseo="burj-khalifa" source="Orion">Burj Khalifa</keyword> on a bike.</li><li> The TVC is a reiteration of Mountain Dew’s belief that in the face of any challenge there are 2 choices; either succumb to fear &amp; turn back or overcome the fear &amp; move ahead – it is this choice that sets the real heroes apart from the rest.</li></ul>Mountain Dew is back with its latest Darr ke aage jeet hai campaign. The beverage brand has unveiled its new power packed TVC today featuring Bollywood superstar and brand ambassador Hrithik Roshan. Taking the excitement up a notch, the film has been shot on the top of the world’s tallest building – Emaar’s Burj Khalifa in Dubai. The TVC is a reiteration of Mountain Dew’s belief that in the face of any challenge there are 2 choices; either succumb to fear &amp; turn back or overcome the fear &amp; move ahead – it is this choice that sets the real heroes apart from the rest. <div type="javascript" title="Instagram" contenttype="Video"><cdata><![CDATA[ ]]></cdata></div> Based on the life insight of ‘Darr Ke Aage Jeet Hai’ the film opens to a birds-eye view shot from the top of the Burj Khalifa where Hrithik gears up to perform a daring stunt in front of a huge audience while representing India in making a world record. The film captures both the dilemma &amp; the determination of Hrithik Roshan as he evaluates the choice in front of him. Hrithik takes a ‘himmat ka ghoonth’ (sip of Mountain Dew), a resolute look crosses his face as he plunges off from the edge of Burj Khalifa on his bike defying all odds. Speeding down from his bike from Burj Khalifa on a slim runway, Hrithik leaves the audience on-ground gasping with disbelief and fear as he falters and skids mid-way. However, with an unwavering spirit, Hrithik successfully makes his way to the end of the runway and emerges as a winner as audience applaud him for this jaw-dropping action. Speaking about his experience of shooting the TVC, brand ambassador Hrithik Roshan said, “Mountain Dew’s philosophy of “Darr Ke Aage Jeet Hai” is in line with my belief that no matter who you are or where you are from, it is an individual’s courage in the face of fear that makes him/her a real hero. It was a thrilling experience to shoot this TVC on Burj Khalifa and I am confident that this adventurous film will resonate strongly with my viewers. With this campaign, we are striving to reach new heights – quite literally and hope to inspire the youth to uphold their confidence and face their fears head on.” <keyword id="193324" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="vineet-sharma" source="Orion">Vineet Sharma</keyword>, Category Director- Mountain Dew &amp; Sting, PepsiCo India said, “Mountain Dew has always saluted the spirit of risk taking and pushing boundaries to achieve success beyond fear &amp; self-doubt. This year, the brand reiterates that real heroes are those who face challenges head-on and emerge as winners. We are confident that the ‘Darr Se Daroge Toh Kuch Bada Kaise Karoge’ narrative in our new campaign will strike a chord with the consumers and the action-packed sequence featuring Hrithik on top of the world’s tallest building – Burj Khalifa will reinstate our ‘Darr Ke Aage Jeet Hai’ philosophy.” The Mountain Dew TVC will be amplified across TV, digital, outdoor, and social media with a 360-degree campaign. Mountain Dew is available in single/multi serve packs across modern and traditional retail outlets as well as on leading e-commerce platforms.

When Mountain Dew's latest Darr Ke Aage Jeet Hai campaign made Hrithik Roshan speed down Burj Khalifa on a bike

Indian Air Force is trying its best to help people who unfortunately got caught up in the <keyword id="2202409" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Mount-Everest-avalanche">Mount Everest avalanche</keyword> that struck the mountain soon after the devastating Nepal earthquake. The <keyword id="108152" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="avalanche">avalanche</keyword> jolted both India and Nepal, wrecked around 30 base camps, took away 17 lives and injured more than 61 people. Though Indian Air Force had flown 12 sorties to bring back Indian nationals, one of the Indian Air Force team is dedicatedly working to rescue people trapped in the frosted mountain range. 
 
The extent of the devastation caused as well as that of rescue operations on in the mountain region can be seen in the images, which we have collated from the Web. 
 
(Image credits: http://www.zerohedge.com)

The scary
Mt. Everest Avalanche in pictures

<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table float_right"><div><div class="image on-image"></div></div></div>The <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/the-nepal-earthquake-death-toll-has-risen-to-more-than-3600-2015-4">deadly 7.8-magnitude earthquake that struck Nepal</a> in April and killed thousands of people was so powerful it moved Mount Everest.The quake, which hit Nepal on April 25, devastated the city of Kathmandu and caused an avalanche on Everest. But the shaking also shifted the massive peak about an inch to the southwest, reversing the direction it was naturally and slowly moving. That's all according to a survey by China's National Administration of Surveying, Mapping and Geoinformation, which <a href="http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2015-06/15/c_134328321.htm">state media reported</a> on Monday, June 15.Even though the massive mountain shifted, its height - just over 29,000 feet - stayed the same. And several other surrounding mountains moved as well. Everest, located in the Himalayas on the border between China and Nepal, is world's tallest mountain (unless <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/earths-tallest-mountain-is-hawaii-2015-6">you're measuring</a> from beneath the ocean.) It was created roughly 60 millions years ago when the Indian tectonic plate smashed up against the Eurasian plate.Since then, Everest has moved about 1.6 inches and gotten about 0.1 inches taller each year, reports state news agency Xinhua. That means that, just the past decade, the hulking peak has crept over a foot and grown about an inch taller!<h2>Moving mountains<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table float_right"><div><div class="image on-image"></div></div></div></h2>Normally, the massive, tectonic plates resting beneath India and Eurasia are "locked together," so they move as one, Richard Briggs, a geologist at the US Geological Survey (USGS) in Golden, Colorado, told Business Insider. In between quakes, there's a steady buildup of strain energy as India pushes into Eurasia, slowly shoving the high Himalayas toward Tibet.But during the quake, that motion was suddenly reversed, and Everest was pushed in the opposite direction.The quake caused the ground to deform, and some areas above the fault - such as Kathmandu - got pushed upward, while others further north got pushed downward. Everest, Briggs thinks, may have been on the edge of that downward trough.Everest wasn't the only peak affected by the quake. And while Everest's height didn't change, other peaks closer to Kathmandu suddenly shrunk, getting dramatically shorter, said Briggs.Together with an aftershock that happened in May, the two Nepal earthquakes killed more than 8,700 people. The April quake also caused an avalanche on Mount Everest that killed 18 people, <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/02/science/earthquakes-tectonic-plates-collisions-subduction.html?ref=topics">the Times reported</a>.But the Nepal earthquake isn't the only one to move mountains. The giant earthquakes that hit Japan in 2011 and Chile in 2010 caused several big volcanoes to sink by up to 6 inches, according to two studies published in the journal Nature Geoscience in 2013.Still, these movements are negligible compared with the larger movements that occur over geologic time, Briggs said. <div class="margin-top"> <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/mountaineer-breaks-record-fastest-climb-matterhorn-alps-2015-5">A mountaineer just blew away the record for fastest climb to the top of the Matterhorn</a></h3> <div> <div> <div class="ooyala-video-player" data-video-autoplay="false" data-video-id="l3MGJ0dDq_r-pLHCyIaU63PtogRZRGVs" data-player-variable="ooyalapopvideo" id="ooyalaplayer_popvideo" style="width:1280px;height:720px"></div> </div> </div> </div>

Deadly Nepal earthquake was so powerful it moved Mount Everest

<ul class="summary-list"><li>A massive mountain of trash in India caught fire last week, cloaking a city in a layer of toxic smoke.</li><li>Some firefighters battling the blaze have passed out after inhaling the fumes, per CNN.</li></ul>A massive trash mountain in Kochi, India, caught fire six days ago, and more than 600,000 people are now dealing with the thick layer of smoke blanketing their city. The 16-acre Brahmapuram waste plant — which <a href="https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Kochi/kochi-brahmapuram-waste-treatment-plant-fire-breakouts-an-annual-phenomenon/article66579717.ece">contains large amounts of plastic waste</a> — caught fire on Thursday evening, per <a href="https://edition.cnn.com/2023/03/07/india/india-bhramapuram-landfill-toxic-waste-fire-intl-hnk/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CNN</a>. The blaze resulted in a thick layer of smoke over Kochi, a city in the coastal Kerala state. People have been advised to stay indoors and use N-95 masks if they need to go outside, the <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-64835273" target="_blank" rel="noopener">BBC</a> reported.A <a href="https://twitter.com/Manojexpress/status/1631969794684776451" target="_blank" rel="noopener">tweet</a> from Manoj Viswanathan, journalist with The New India Express, showed an aerial view of thick smoke billowing out from the landfill. "Tripunithura feels like a gas chamber now, thanks to the Brahmapuram fire," a <a href="https://twitter.com/Anandans76/status/1632187683169779712" target="_blank" rel="noopener">tweet from local journalist S. Anandan</a> read. Anandan included in his tweet two pictures showing Kochi cloaked in a nearly-opaque blanket of smoke.The toxic haze lingering over the Kochi has also affected firefighters. At least 20 people from the fire department developed breathing problems after battling the blaze, per <a href="https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/thiruvananthapuram/toxic-fumes-engulf-kochi-3-days-fire-brahmapuram-waste-plant-8480517/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Indian Express.</a> Some firefighters have also passed out after inhaling the fumes, CNN reported, citing information from the local fire department.About 100 metric tons of plastic garbage gets added to the landfill daily, according to a <a href="https://www.ieup.eu/assets/knowledge-bank/230220210.43935800%201614067870.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">2020 study</a> by the International Urban Cooperation, a program linked to the European Union.The Kochi state government said in a <a href="https://theprint.in/india/brahmapuram-fire-under-control-no-need-for-concern-kerala-govt/1419911/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a> on Sunday that the blaze is under control. The fire department in Kochi did not immediately respond to Insider's questions on whether the fire has been put out.The local government has set aside 100 beds in a public hospital in Kochi to treat patients suffering from smoke inhalation, Veena George, Kerala's health minister, told <a href="https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/thiruvananthapuram/toxic-fumes-engulf-kochi-3-days-fire-brahmapuram-waste-plant-8480517/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"></a><a href="https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/thiruvananthapuram/toxic-fumes-engulf-kochi-3-days-fire-brahmapuram-waste-plant-8480517/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Indian Express</a>. This is not the first trash mountain in India that has caught fire. The country has seen a <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/delhi-garbage-mountain-landfill-ragpickers-2022-7">string of landfill fires</a> in the last year. In March, one of Delhi's tallest trash mountains, the Ghazipur landfill, caught fire. The nearly 20-story-tall garbage pile burned for two days, per <a href="https://edition.cnn.com/2022/03/30/india/india-delhi-ghazipur-landfill-fire-intl-hnk/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CNN</a>. And in April, a <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/delhi-garbage-mountain-landfill-ragpickers-2022-7">fire</a> also broke out in the 36-acre Bhalswa landfill in Delhi, per <a href="https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/9-days-on-delhis-bhalswa-landfill-still-on-fire-dfs-says-longest-operation-yet-7901842/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Indian Express</a>.Representatives at the Kerala Fire Department did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.

A trash mountain in India the size of 12 football fields caught fire. The toxic fumes from the burning heap are making firefighters faint.

<ul class="summary-list"><li>In October, US and Indian soldiers trained in <keyword id="12020240" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="alaska" source="Orion">Alaska</keyword> during the latest version of the <keyword id="12658337" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="yudh-abhyas" source="Orion">Yudh Abhyas</keyword> exercise.</li><li>This year's iteration was the 17th of the exercise but only the second time it has been in Alaska.</li></ul>US and Indian soldiers have conducted the Yudh Abhyas exercise for 17 years, but the version held in late October was only the second time they've ventured to Alaska for it.This year's exercise was conducted as both countries face rising tensions with <keyword id="11892748" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="china" source="Orion">China</keyword>, but that was far from mind as soldiers scrambled through deep snow and over mountainous terrain.Relations with China "did not enter anybody's mind in the course of this exercise," Col. Jody Shouse, the senior US Army officer at the exercise, told Insider in an interview in October. "This exercise was completely about coming together with the <keyword id="11893656" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="indian-army" source="Orion">Indian Army</keyword> and becoming one, and China was not factored into this in any way."<div type="image" title="Indian soldiers with rifles in Alaska" height="1428" width="2000" msid="88059617" hostid="261"></div>While strategic-level issues, mainly disputes with China, have brought the countries closer in recent years, exercises like Yudh Abhyas are a part of decades-long efforts by their militaries to work together.Those "bottom-up" efforts are not always linked to higher-level strategic rationales, said Arzan Tarapore, a research scholar at Stanford University focused on South Asian security.The US and Indian militaries are "training to share knowledge about certain mission sets, to share knowledge about certain competencies, and to learn about each other," Tarapore told Insider. "That's just what they do."<h2>What Alaska offers</h2><div type="image" title="Indian soldiers and US Army paratroopers during Yudh Abhyas in Alaska" height="1335" width="2000" msid="88059619" hostid="261"></div>Yudh Abhyas alternates between <keyword id="11892747" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="india" source="Orion">India</keyword> and the US, and this iteration was a year in the making, according to Shouse, commander of the US Army's 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne) — the Army's newest airborne brigade combat team and the only one in the Pacific.The US and Indian units involved and other higher-level US commanders met several times over the past year to arrange the exercise's two components: a command-post exercise simulating a UN peacekeeping mission and a field-training exercise in different locations in Alaska, held simultaneously."We had to select officers from various areas and fields of expertise for the CP exercise. Some of them had some experience with the UN before," Brig. Parag Nangare, 136th (I) Infantry Group commander and senior Indian Army officer at the exercise, told Insider during the interview."They brought their experiences and their standard operating procedures with them. We brought ours with us, and then we were able to put them together and create one standard operating procedure at the command-post exercise level," Shouse said.<div type="image" title="US and Indian soldiers during Yudh Abhyas in Alaska" height="1333" width="2000" msid="88059621" hostid="261"></div>The field-training exercise was in two parts. The first week consisted of "a kind of a round-robin circuit drill" during which US and Indian soldiers formed four teams that each spent a day at different stations, Shouse said.Those stations included training to evacuate casualties and sling-loading artillery with helicopters, load and unload aircraft, counter-drone and counter-improvised-explosive-device training, rappel towers and obstacle courses, and weapons familiarization. They also had sports days and <a href="https://newsable.asianetnews.com/video/india-defence/yudh-abhas-2021-sidelines-from-bollywood-dance-numbers-to-roasting-marshmallows-r1kp0z" target="_blank" rel="noopener">cultural exchanges</a>.The first week was "the building block of the cohesiveness" that was seen during the final exercise, held in Alaska's mountains during the last week of October, Nangare said.US and Indian soldiers also went to the <a href="https://www.jber.jb.mil/Portals/144/units/JPARC/PDF/JPARC-Black-Rapids-Training-Area.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Black Rapids training area</a> near Denali Mountain for training in "very extreme altitudes and a very extreme, mountainous environment," Shouse said.That training, done at altitudes of 14,000 feet, allowed both sides to hone their craft.<div type="image" title="US and Indian soldiers rappel down wall" height="1335" width="2000" msid="88059623" hostid="261"></div>"The lesson learned, really, in all this is the Indian army are probably better climbers than the US Army," Shouse said. "We have learned a tremendous amount from what these gentlemen have learned in their country, because they operate at 16,000 feet every single day."Nangare singled out the training in the mountains and with "the technological availabilities that the US Army has" as especially valuable.The only other Yudh Abhyas to take place in Alaska was a decade ago, and this year both sides wanted to take advantage of Alaska's mountainous terrain and adverse conditions to "hone their skills and their craft in a different geographical location," Shouse said.The "shared hardships" of training in that area promoted bonding, the US commander said.The day Shouse and Nangare spoke to Insider, both had been snowshoeing in the mountains when the weather "turned really bad on us," Shouse added. "That is just what Alaska offers you."<h2>Partners competing together</h2><div type="image" title="US and Indians soldiers conduct sling-load training with CH-47 Chinook helicopter" height="1294" width="2000" msid="88059625" hostid="261"></div>About 100 troops participated in the first Yudh Abhyas in Alaska, "and this time we have a strength of approximately about 650," Nangare said. "That shows the importance of the training and the exercise."Nangare said there are procedures in place for returning personnel to share their experiences with troops doing similar tasks in India.Those troops may get more first-hand experience next year, when Yudh Abhyas returns to India. US and Indian officials are already planning for that exercise, in which many of the same US soldiers, including Shouse, will participate."I am absolutely going to put our forces on the ground in the Himalayas," Shouse said. "With the new <keyword id="11905238" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="arctic" source="Orion">Arctic</keyword> strategy out and <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/army-looks-to-allies-partners-to-regain-arctic-military-dominance-2021-4" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the Army want[ing] us to be dominant in the Arctic</a>, that takes every bit of time that we have to train in very mountainous and extreme conditions, and the Himalayas is just going to give us another way of doing that."<div type="image" title="US and Indian soldiers use metal detector in Alaska" height="1333" width="2000" msid="88059627" hostid="261"></div>The Himalayas stretch across India's northern frontier, and in recent years Indian forces have had <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/us-intelligence-sharing-with-india-helps-monitor-chinese-military-2020-12" target="_blank" rel="noopener">two major standoffs</a> with Chinese troops <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/china-india-recalibrating-after-doklam-but-future-conflict-possible-2018-10" target="_blank" rel="noopener">in disputed areas</a> on the eastern and western ends of that frontier.Mountain training is a longstanding focus for the Indian army, and previous iterations of Yudh Abhyas in India took place elsewhere in the Himalayas. If next year's exercise is "near disputed territory, that would be a bit of a political signal," Tarapore said.US military officials say the two countries have "<a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/us-intelligence-sharing-with-india-helps-monitor-chinese-military-2020-12" target="_blank" rel="noopener">gotten closer</a>" because of those standoffs, with the US providing intelligence and material support at India's request, including 10,000 sets of cold-weather gear and sleeping bags, the US Army's top civilian official said this week."We would continue to do that and look favorably upon those kinds of requests," Army Secretary Christine Wormuth said at <a href="https://www.csis.org/events/chinas-power-debate-2021-keynote-remarks-secretary-christine-wormuth-us-armys-view-china" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a think-tank</a> event. "We're actually going to be giving them some more next spring."India has been competing and clashing with China for decades — they fought a major border war in 1962 — and it <a href="https://www.ajaishukla.com/2021/01/armys-pivot-to-north.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">has moved</a> independently to bolster its <a href="https://www.defensenews.com/global/asia-pacific/2021/11/08/india-readies-troops-for-another-harsh-winter-on-border-with-china/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">military posture</a>, including <a href="https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/south-asia/article/3154103/china-india-border-dispute-india-deploys-us-made-weaponry" target="_blank" rel="noopener">with US weaponry</a>, along that frontier (<a href="https://www.scmp.com/news/china/military/article/3157794/china-india-border-building-boom-himalayas-beijing-shores" target="_blank" rel="noopener">as has China</a>), so New Delhi isn't "buying into a US program" to counter Beijing, Tarapore said.<div type="image" title="Indian soldiers capture opposition forces in Alaska" height="1333" width="2000" msid="88059629" hostid="261"></div>India has long eschewed formal alliances, seeking "strategic autonomy," nor is the US offering such an alliance to India, "but the partnership is doing everything it can up to that point," Tarapore said."This is an India that is competing with China and a US that is competing with China coming together and realizing that they have a lot of mutual interests in how they can compete with China together," Tarapore added.At the soldier-to-soldier level, the value of Yudh Abhyas and the reward of working together during it was clear, Shouse and Nangare said."I've been in command for about four months now. This has been the single most rewarding exercise that I have been able to be a part of," Shouse said, "We cannot do anything in this world without our partners, and it is exercises like this that strengthens that."In the field and during the command-post exercise, US and Indian soldiers worked "like a homogeneous single entity," Nangare said. "The bonding that has taken place between the troops of both countries is amazing to see."

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