# Mountaineers paraglide from 5,921 m peak to Ladakh roadhead 2026-08-18T00:57:44+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet Two Indian mountaineers have made history by paragliding directly from the 5,921-metre summit of Mt Delta-41 (also known as Mt Barmal) in Kargil to the roadhead camp at Tangol village, the Army said on Monday. Colonel Hem Chandra Singh, principal of Jawahar Institute of Mountaineering & Winter Sports, and mountaineer Manish Makholia landed safely at around 3,600 metres, marking what officials called the first-ever direct summit-to-base paragliding descent in Indian adventure sports. A 13-member JIM & WS expedition, led by Col Singh, split into two groups after setting up base camp. One team reached the peak on Independence Day amid sub-zero temperatures. The second team summited at 6:10 am on August 16 after starting at 3 am. The group included Capt Anupam Singh, Mahfooz Ilahi Hajam, Hony Capt/Sub Maj Rafiq Ahmad Malik (Retd), Makholia, and nine others from across India. The Army spokesperson described the feat as unprecedented. The expedition faced adverse weather and a limited climbing window. No further expeditions are currently planned from the site. ## Coverage - timesofindia.indiatimes.com This story was synthesised by AI from the source linked above. Tags: Army, Colonel Hem Chandra Singh, Ladakh, Manish Makholia Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/mountaineers-paraglide-from-5921-m-peak-to-ladakh-roadhead/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/mountaineers-paraglide-from-5921-m-peak-to-ladakh-roadhead/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes. How this brief was made: an AI model read the report linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/