[Watch] 55-Year-Old ITBP Officer Does 65 Pushups At 17,500 Ft In 30 Degrees

New Delhi: A video of Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP)’s Commandant Sonal who completed 65 push-ups at one go at 17,500 feet in minus 30-degrees Celsius temperature in snow conditions has gone viral.

“That’s how strong our Army persons are,” a user said while praising the 55-year-old officer.

 

The ITBP on Wednesday said that their central mountaineering team has scaled Mount Karzok Kangri, a mountain in the Himalayas. The border patrol organization informed that the team of six top mountaineers of the force, led by Commandant Ratan Singh Sonal, scaled the 20,177 feet high peak on February 20.

“This was the first-ever ascent to the Karzok Kangri. Team of 6 top-class mountaineers of the ITBP led by the ace mountaineer Commandant Ratan Singh Sonal scaled the 20,177 feet high peak which is located in the cold desert of Ladakh,” an ITBP spokesperson said.