Wednesday, January 9, 2008

Adventure Activities: 2007


Indian Army conducted expeditions to Mount Everest, Cycle rally from Leh to Kanyakumari, Motorcycle rally from Imphal to Siachen and Car rally from India to Myanmar. The Indian Air Force’s microlight aircraft flown by Wg Cdr Rahul Monga and Wg Cdr Anil Kumar arrived at Air Force Station Hindon on 19 Aug 07 creating a ‘New World Record’ of fastest round the world trip. Indian Sail training ship INS Tarangini had set sail on Jan 10, 2007, for a ten-month odyssey, named ‘Lokayan 07’. The voyage took the ship to 23 ports spread over 16 countries. The ship entered Kochi on completion of the voyage on Oct 29, 2007.

World record of Biggest Motorcycle Pyramid
The Dare Devils Team of the Corps of Signals (Indian Army) achieved a motorcycle pyramid consisting of 201 men balanced on 10 motorcycles, on July 5, 2001 at Gowri Shankar Parade Ground, Jabalpur, India. The pyramid travelled a distance of 129M.

Previous Record: The world's biggest motorcycle pyramid was formed by Shwet Ashwas, the Motorcycle Display Team of Corps of Military Police, India, on Oct. 15, 1999. The pyramid consisted of 151 men riding for 78M on 11 motorcycles.

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