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Adventure
camp for northeastern youth by
LCK Singh Churachandpur
(Manipur): About a hundred youngsters from across northeast region of the
country are attending a fortnight long adventure camp at Churachandpur area. At
the camp, training in basics skills of mountaineering, trekking and rappelling
is being given to the adventurous youth of the region. Organised by the Manipur
Mountaineering and Trekking Association (MMTA) under the civic action programme
of paramilitary Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), has drawn many youngsters.
"Potential is lot (aplenty). But due to lack of financial help we cannot conduct
more of adventure training camps here at Manipur. This time we got some sponsorship
from CRPF (India's paramilitary Central Reserve Police Force) under the civil
action programme. This time plenty of students are coming from different parts
of Manipur. We received more than 100 applications out of which we selected only
100," said Surjit Singh, President of Manipur Mountaineering and Trekking Association
(MMTA), Imphal. It is hoped that the camp will help the youngsters in future to
join higher-level training camps like the courses conducted at Himalayan Mountaineering
Institute at Darjeeling. Youngsters, mostly from the Seven Sisters of the North
East-- states of Assam, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Meghalaya, Tripura and Arunachal
Pradesh--are attending the camp. At the camp, young trainees are camped in tents
and provided nutritious food. The adventure activities being taught at this camp
include cave expedition, crossing obstacles, rock climbing, parasailing, trekking
and hiking in and around the hills of Imphal valley. An added attraction of the
training camp will be the motorcycle relic hunt and sight seeing spread over the
last two days. According to Manipur Mountaineering and Trekking Association, such
camps should be held on a regular basis in the region. Since these would help
the youth to develop a positive focus in life and also prevent the young minds
from going astray. Manipur has produced a good number of famous mountaineers and
also champions in adventure sports who have won medals at national and international
level. Having commenced on May 24, the camp will last till June 8. -May
29, 2009 Go
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