Commemorating 76 years of Independence, Rtn Gurjot Singh Kaler, Honory member of our club and a senior police officer in Punjab, scaled and unfurled the tricolour on the top of Mount Elbrus — the highest and most prominent peak in Russia and Europe. His recent feat is noteworthy considering that the Caucasus’ tallest mountain, Mount Elbrus, is 5,642 metres (18,510 feet) above sea level. Mount Elbrus is covered in snow throughout around and is home to 22 glaciers that feed three rivers — Baksan, Malka and Kuban. Elbrus is part of the Caucasus Mountain range, near the Georgian border in the south of Russia.
Rtn. Kaler has become the first Punjab Police officer to scale Mount Elbrus. Earlier, he had successfully climbed the summit of the highest mountain in the African Continent — Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania. Rtn. Kaler had also performed a skydive from 15,000 feet during the Covid pandemic to serve as a heartfelt tribute of bravery and courage to the corona warriors who had sacrificed their lives during the pandemic. Kaler, a professionally-trained mountaineer, was adjudged the best mountaineer during his Basic Mountaineering Course (BMC) at the Nehru Institute of Mountaineering (NIM) at Uttarkashi in Uttarakhand. After conquering Mount Elbrus Rtn Gurjot Singh Kaler said, “Only in testing circumstances of life, the strength of mind gets tested. ” Sharing his advice for the youngsters he said, “Believe in yourself to make the world believe in you.”