SOLDIER MOUNTAINEER : the colonel who got Siachen Glacier for India /
colonel N Kumar with colonel N N Bhatia.
- 1
- Delhi Vij Books 2016/01/01
- 254
Summary: The author Colonel N N Bhatia along with inputs from Col Bull himself has endeavored to put across a compelling and absorbing account of the life and times of Narinder Kumar who took Indian mountaineering and mountaineering in the army to sublime heights.
Contents: WHY THIS BOOK?; Foreword; Preface; GENESIS; RAFTING -- HIS FORTE; IMA -- CREME DE LA CRÈME!; WINTER WARFARE SCHOOL; BULL KUMAR'S FIRST EXPEDITION -- TRISHUL; EVEREST -- 1960; BARAHOTI -- 1961; NILKANTHA -- 1961; NANDA DEVI -- 1964; EVEREST AGAIN -- 1965; CHOMOLHARI -- 1970; NATIONAL SKI SCHOOL; INDUS BOAT EXPEDITION -- 1975; TRISHUL SKI EXPEDITION -- 1976; KANCHENJUNGA -- 1977; TERAM KANGRI- 1978; SIACHEN -- 1981; KAMET -- 1983; SIACHEN DISPUTE: India and Pakistan's glacial fight; Notorious Junkyards on Top of the World; The Mercury Himalayan Explorations; The Indian Olympic Association.