4th batch of Tawi Trekkers leaves for Dharamshala

Excelsior Sports Correspondent

Trekkers posing for group photograph before leaving for Dharamshala.
Trekkers posing for group photograph before leaving for Dharamshala.

JAMMU, June 8: The fourth batch of Tawi Trekkers comprising of 49 students including 25 girls of St Xavier Senior Secondary School, Barnai, left for Dharamshala under the overall supervision of Shashi Kant, a trained mountaineer of the club.
The young trekkers whose average age is about 15 years only shall be participating in the Silver Jubilee  Himalayan Trekking Programme Dharamshala being organized by Tawi Trekkers in Dhauladhars of Himachal Pradesh.
The group was flagged off by the Vice Principal of the school Mridhu Padha in the presence of Ram Khajuria, Senior Vice President, Tawi Trekkers J&K and a large number of parents of the participants. Three teachers of the school namely Updesh Kour, Niharika Sharma and Vanessa Jenny Danish also accompanied the group.
Meanwhile, the group comprising of students of Shangrilla Public School, Sarwal, has reached back after a memorable experience of trekking in the dense, calm and cool jungles of Dhauladhar range of Himachal Pradesh.