A highly emotional mission to symbolically name a hitherto unnamed Himalayan peak in honour of the RG Kar doctor who was raped and killed in Kolkata last year is about to begin with a multidisciplinary team of mountaineers, scientists, and medical professionals travelling to the remote Tso-Moriri region in Ladakh’s Leh district.
Under the name Project SEEMA (Sustainable Empowerment & Exploration in Mountainous Areas), the expedition seeks to integrate social, scientific, and developmental projects with mountain exploration. Beyond mountaineering, the team will conduct research on the delicate Himalayan ecosystem, including glaciers, rivers, lakes, agriculture, and climate change.
The team’s choice to honour the victim with a symbolic dedication of a 6,105-meter unnamed peak is among the journey’s most noteworthy highlights this year, who has gained national recognition as “Abhaya,” a name that the media has coined to denote bravery and dignity.
