Indore Student Completes 16,460-Foot Glacier Trek at NIMAS

Kanika Raghuvanshi, a first-year BBA student at Umiya Kanya College in Indore, has completed a mountaineering course at the National Institute of Mountaineering and Adventure Sports (NIMAS) in Dirang, Arunachal Pradesh, securing a place among the top five participants.

She successfully trekked to the Gorichen Glacier at 16,460 feet while carrying a 12-kg backpack. The rigorous programme included training on Asia's largest artificial climbing wall, jungle survival, rock climbing, river crossing, and wilderness skills. She also finished second in a one-mile race during the course.

Before joining NIMAS, Kanika trained under Captain Namrata Sawant, Associate NCC Officer of 1 MP Girls Battalion NCC, with regular practice runs carrying bricks in her backpack to build stamina.