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Tenzing Norgay award for Arunachal mountaineer Taka Tamut
Northeast Now | 26/08/2020 09:02 PM | Click to read full article
Arunachal Pradesh mountaineer Taka Tamut has been selected for the prestigious Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award, 2019. Taka was in the 15-member team that undertook the 18-day rescue mission to retrieve bodies of 13 air warriors from the AN-32 crash site in Siang in June 2019.
The mountaineer had earlier scaled the Mount Everest in 2018. The award will be presented by the President of India at a virtual award ceremony on August 29.
