Narendra Kumar
Indian Army officer and mountaineer · India · On the map · Lived 1933 to 2020 · aged 87
Colonel Narendra Kumar, PVSM, KC, AVSM, FRGS was an Indian soldier and mountaineer. He is known for his expeditions across various mountain ranges such as the Himalayas and Karakorams, and respective subranges such as the Pir Panjals and Saltoro Mountains.
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![Trishul peak. Later in his career, Kumar would successfully ski down the Trisul mountains, the highest summit to ever be skied down at the time at 23,360 feet (7,120 m).[15]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Trishul.jpg/1280px-Trishul.jpg?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&utm_campaign=parser&utm_content=thumbnail)
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His reconnaissance efforts on the Siachen glacier were key to the Indian Army's reclamation of the forward posts of the glacier in Operation Meghdoot in 1984. He was the deputy leader of the first successful Indian Mount Everest expedition in 1965.