Who: Indian mountaineers Arjun Vajpai and Bhupesh Kumar

Where: Himachal's Spiti Valley near Bara Shigri Glacier

What: Climbed an untouched mountain peak, named it after APJ Abdul Kalam
When: Third week of October 2015

Two mountaineers Arjun Vajpai and Bhupesh Kumar in third week of October 2015 created history by becoming first people to climb 6180
meter high unnamed peak in Himachals Spiti Valley. The duo named the peak as Mout Kalam, in honour of former President of India, Dr.
Abdul

Kalam.

Newly named Mt. Kalam is located near Bara Shigri Glacier, largest glacier located in Himachal Pradesh. Bara-Sigri glacier is the second
longest glacier in Himalaya after Gangotri both are around 30 km long.

Vajpai and Kumar hailing from Noida and Bulandshahr respectively started the expedition on 8 October 2015 from Noida and completed the
climb on 14 October 2015 and hoisted the Indian national flag. They returned back on ground on 20 October 2015.
Earlier in 2010, Vajpai became the youngest Indian to climb Mt. Everest. He climbed the highest peak in the world at the age of 16. Bhupesh
has scaled 17 peaks in India.