New Delhi, June 23
He has climbed many a peak, but scaling Mount Everest has been special for BSF officer S.C. Negi as the feat made him the highest-ranking paramilitary official and the oldest Indian to reach the roof of the world.
Fiftysix-year-old Negi, an Additional Deputy Inspector General (ADIG) posted at the BSF frontier headquarters in Jammu, created history when he led a 14-member team to Everest's 8,848 metre summit last month, the first such attempt by the border force.
Born in Nesang village in Himachal Pradesh's mountainous Kinnaur district, ADIG Negi has had a special attachment with the snowy, but treacherous, peaks of the Himalayas and always dreamt of reaching its top.
His dream came true on May 24 when he along with two sherpas reached the highest point on the earth, four days after his seven team members hoisted the national tricolour atop Mount Everest.
— PTI
