“Thank God every day when you get up that you have something to do that day which must be done whether you like it or not. Being forced to work and forced to do your best will breed in you temperance and self-control, diligence and strength of will.”
A year after the golden jubilee of the first conquest of Mt Everest by New Zealander Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay Sherpa, this mountaineering season the Indian Navy set the record of being the first navy in the world to reach the highest point in the world. Commander Satyabrata Dam, who headed the 14-member team, tells SUDESHNA SARKAR what made the expedition so special.
