Narindersingh belongs to a low middle class family in Haryana, India. He has a passion for adventure activities and set a goal to climb Mt. Everest in 2005, though it was financially out of reach. In 2011, Sahara India Pariwar and Aamby Valley City supported him like family to climb Mt. Everest, making his dream possible. Since then, he has organized several challenging expeditions for Sahara India Pariwar, including being part of the first group expedition to climb Mt. Shivling in 2013 and setting a record for scuba diving with underwater cycling in Goa that same year.

1. I, Narindersingh(EC– 65514), belongtoa low middle classfamilyinHaryana.Butwiththe zeal of
achievingsomethingextraordinaryinvolvedme invariousadventure activities.Withthe same
enthusiasmIdecidedmyaimtoconquerMt. Everestin2005. The task was waybeyondmyreach
(financially)butIwas firmanddedicatedwithmyefforts.In2011 Sahara IndiaPariwarand Aamby
ValleyCitysupportedme like afamilytoconquerthe highestmountainonearth.Hence inyear2011
onlyI couldsuccessfullyclimbthe mightyMt.Everest.Itwouldn’thave beenpossiblewithoutthe
supportof Sahara IndiaPariwarand AambyValleyCity.
Since thenI didn’tlookbackand keptperformingthe challengingExpeditions,whereIcouldprove my
mantle towardsSaharaIndiaPariwar.
PROFILE
Name:Dr.Narinder Balbir Singh
Designation: Manager at 19° North Adventure Sports (Aamby Valley City)
Employee Code: 65514
Birth Place: Haryana
Age: 33 years
Qualification:
 Basic MountaineeringCourse with“A”grade ,from DMAS Manali
 Advance MountaineeringCourse with“A”grade,from DMASManali
 Methodof InstructionsCourse with“A”grade,from DMAS Manali
 Scuba DivingBasicCourse,fromGoa
Achievements:
 AwardedDoctorate degree byuniversityof World Recordedin2013.
 Organized first ever Group (6 member) Expedition for Sahara India Pariwar to Mt. Shivling in
2013
 Scuba DivingwithUnderWaterCycling for100 m inGoa in2013

2.  ClimbedMt.Elbrus(5642 m), highestmountaininRussia,in2012
 ClimbedMt.Everest(8848 m), highestmountaininthe worldin2011
 Cycle to Recycle Expedition, Mount Everest Base Camp to Kanyakumari. 11906 kms in 63 days –
November,2011 (processing forworldrecord)
 Spentan houron the top of MountEverestwithoutoxygen
 Lead Himalayan cycle expedition in 2004, from Srinagar (J&K) via Nepal, Bhutan, Arunachal
Pradesh, covered total 4,832 kms in40 days
 ParticipatedinMt. Shivling(6543m)Expedition in2005
 Climbed Mt.Ladakhi and Mt. ShitidharPeaksin2002
 Climbedthree (3) unnamedpeaks(above 20000 feet) in LahulSpiti,Ladakhin2002
 ClimbedMountSaserKangari (25,170 ft)Ladakh,in2002
 ClimbedStokKangari(20,300 ft) Ladakh, in2003
 Climbed Mt.Sudershan(24,200 ft)Gangotri,in2004
 ClimbedMt.Neekannth(22,000 ft) Badrinath,in2009
 ClimbedIce LandPeak(6,600 m) Nepal,2011
Recognitionand Awards:
1. Bharat Gaurav Award fromHon’ble Chief Ministerof Haryana – Shri Bhupinder Singh Hooda
(Ministry of Youth Affairs, Government of India),in 2012
2. Summit Medal fromMinistryof Tourism& Civil Aviationof Nepal,in2011
3. Adamya Sahas Puraskar by HisExcellency,Shri R.Kidwai,Governorof Haryana,2008
Records:
1. Limca Book of Records, for “Longest Cycle Expedition (Srinagar to Arunachal Pradesh, 4890 kms
in 35 days),2004”
2. India Book Records and Limca Book of Records for “Holding the breath for 1 hour atop Mt.
Everest,2011”
3. India Book Records and Limca Book of Records for, “Crossing the distance of 11,906, in 63 days,
2012”
4. India Book Records and Limca Book of Records for “Under Water Cycling, 100 meter on seabed,
2013”

3. CONTRIBUTION (EXPEDITIONS) TO SAHARA INDIA PARIWAR, TILL DATE:
(1) Mt. ShivlingExpeditionalongwith Medical Camps at Gangotri Region
(OnParamPujaniyaBabuji’s100th
Jayanti Celebration)
1st
April 2013 to 20th
May 2013
WhenI came back fromGoa, aftersuccessfullycompletingaunique eventof ScubaDivingwithUnder
Water Cycling,wasthinking todosomethingonGroupLevel,astillthenall myattemptsandsuccesswas
limitedtome only!
Hence starteddiscussionwithfew colleaguesinAdventureDepartmentof oursregardingthe Expedition
to be plannedonLarge Scale andby involvingagroupof people init.Me andmy colleague Mr.Salil
Kulkarni discussedonvariousprojectsinthe fieldandfinallyzeroeddownonMt.ShivlingExpeditionin
Gangotri Region.
Thenwe presentedthe ExpeditionProjectto respected Mr.Prateek Tandonandhe appreciatedthe
same and helpedusexecutingthe same byaddingthe Social Cause detailsinit!
Aamby ValleyCity’sunique expeditiontoMt. Shivlingwith free medical check-upcamps in 21 villages
in the Gangotri region:
Aamby Valley, Independent India’s first planned hill city has conducted a unique expedition to Mt.
Shivling from 14th April till 20th May under its CSR initiative called AambyAbhiyaan. As part of the
expedition the Aamby Valley City team has conducted free medical check-up camps along with water
testing, school kit distribution and deworming in 21 villages in the Gangotri region, from 1st to 4th
April 2013. The team of 5 climbers was led by Mr. Narinder Singh who is an employee at the adventure
park, 19° Northat AambyValleyCity.
ExpeditionTeam Members:
Mr. NarinderSingh(Managerat19° North) – ExpeditionLeader
Mr. Salil Kulkarni (Asst,Managerat19° North) – Dy. LeaderandCoordinator
Mr. PraveenSinghBarthi (Jr.Executive) –Climber
Mr. Pushkar Bisht(Sr.Off) – Climber
Mr. PremSharma(AJWI) - Climber
Mr. Natwar Singh(AJWI) – EquipmentandRationSupervisor
Social Cause Team Members:
Mr. Prateek Tandon(Head - Events) – ProjectHead
Ms. Tarandeep Rekhi (Manager– Golf Operations) –Main Coordinator

4. Mr. ShyamPatel (Head - Facilities)–Coordinator
Dr.Utkarsh (Doctorat Base Hospital AVC) –Medical Head
Mr. Gaurav Chauhan() – Coordinator
Mr. DeepakPandey –Driver
Mr. HanumanPakhire - Driver
The initiative “AambyAbhiyaan”wasconductedin2 phases.
Phase 1 – Medical Camps in the offroad villagesofUttarkashi region( few villageswere adversely
affectedbythe floodinthe region) The campsinvolvedthree teamsof doctoraccompaniedby
pharmacistsandthe teamof coordinatorsto facilitate smoothfunctioningof the camps.The
preparationforcampsinvolvedidentifyingthe villageswhichrequiredsuch setof medical camps.The
identificationof the village’swasdone withthe helpof Chief Medical Officer(CMO) of Uttarkashi region.
Afteridentifyingthe villages,followeda3 day recce to planthe logisticsandthenpromotionof the
camps were done.The promotionwasdone bydistributingthe flyersandputtingthe bannersinthese
villages.The Medical campwasinauguratedbythe CMO of Uttarkashi whichwas widelycoveredbythe
mediainthe uttarkashi region.The AambyAbhiyaanteamhassuccessfullyexcutedthe 4day medical
camps at 21 villagesbenefitting23villagesinthe region Aghoda,Dhasada,Dandalka,Gajoli,Nogaon,
Sangamcheti/Seku,Syaba,Sari,Saura,Malla,Huri,Sainj,Kujjan,Saindiyal,Bhukki,Purali/Jaispur,Dharali,
Jhaala,Sukki.Mostof the villageswere off roadvillageswhichinvolvedheavytrekkingwiththe school
kitsand medicinestothe villages.The initiativebyAambyValleyCitywaspraisedbygovernment
medical setupandthe people whobenefittedfromthe same.The teamwasawardedwitha certificate
for the noble cause.
Phase 2: First Successful Group Expedition of Sahara India Parivar to Mt. Shivling (6543 meter.): Mt.
Shivling is a mountain in the Gangotri group of peaks in the western Garhwal Himalaya, near the snout
of the Gangotri Glacier. It lies in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand, 6 kilometres south of the
Hindu holy site of Gomukh (the source of the Bhagirathi River). The height of mountain is 6, 5413 m. It is
well-defended on all sides by steep rock faces; only the west flank has a moderate enough slope for
snow accumulation. Mt. Shivling is one of the difficult peaks in Himalayan ranges, for a mountaineer.
Hence it wasthe ideal choice forthe AambyValleyCityteam.
This was Sahara Group’s first Group Mountaineering Expedition. Aamby Valley City (Sahara India’s prime
project) has an Adventure Park (19° North) and possesses a qualified mountaineering professionals. Mt.
Shivling is less preferred by the mountaineers because of its technicality (rock ridge, ice wall etc.) and
non favorable weather conditions. But we chose to climb the same considering the potential and the
confidence of the team.
The expedition team had gone through various challenges starting from procuring the approvals of the
government of authorities as the team was the first mountaineering team of the season. The team
openedthe route till Tapovanbefore PWDandhadto face variouschallengesenroute.

5. The team started with expedition on the 17th
of April 2013. The expedition team had various challenges
due to bad weather. Even at Tapovan (14,800 ft.) the conditions were not favourable, as the whole
ground was covered with 4 ft snow. But the team without wasting the time immediately opened up
Camp 1 (17,000 ft.) and Camp 2 (18,400 ft) in two days. But later on team faced regular awful weather
conditions. There were four attempts made by the expedition team for the Summit, where the last
attemptwasawarded as Summitbythe IMF institute.
(2) Scuba Diving with UnderWater Cycling,Goa
2nd
January to 6th
January 2013
When I returned from Mt. Elbrus, was desperate to attempt on Mt. Kilimanjaro (Africa’s highest
mountain). The planning was almost complete, just wanted the permission from AVC to go ahead. But
destiny had something else in mind and due to some unavoidable circumstances couldn’t execute the
same. But the time was killing me and I had to do something, hence chose to set a unique record that no
one inIndiaattemptedbefore,UNDERWATERCYCLING…!
I am not a good swimmer, but I knew that am a good cyclist, and what I need for cycling is terrain, mayit
be under water. That’s it, took out all the necessary information about the particular attempt, planned
everything and short listed the destination Goa. When presented the idea about “Under Water Cycling”
to seniorsthey were amazedtoowithanideaandalso thatfrom where Iget suchinspirations!
The intention was not just to set a record but also to create an awareness regarding Climate Change,
which gelled well with the thought. Practiced for four days in Goa and attempted on fifth day, where
cycledfornearly100 metersunderwaterwiththe use of artificial oxygen!

6. (3) Mt. Elbrus (5642 m),Highest Mountainof EuropeContinent
25th
August to 2nd
September2012
PostMt. Everestsummit,itwasfirminmy m
ind that my next objective is to conquer all the highest peaks in Seven Continents. Of course the
intention attached to it was to make people aware about the “Climate Change”!Hence, in April 2012,
shortlisted Mt.Aconcagua6,960.8 m (22,837 ft), South America’s Highest Mountain and Mt. Elbrus
5,621 m (18,442 ft.),Europe’sHighestMountain.
Applied for Visa to both the countries, couldn’t get the visa for South America, but received visa for Mt.
Elbrus, Europe. Contacted M/s Seven Summits (An active organization in Russia who conducts high
altitude expeditionsinthe region) andregisteredforthe Mt.ElbrusExpeditionwiththem.
The conditions at Mt. Elbrus, Russia were unbearable as the temperature was -25 to -30, throughout the
Expedition, but the team was very supportive and my aim was firm. On 29th
August 2012 I was standing
on the top of Mt. Elbrus. It was a great feeling, not because the expedition was successful but I was able
to carry the name of Sahara IndiaPariwarand AambyValleyCityatopMt.Elbrus.
(4) Cycle to Recycle Expedition(Mt.EverestBase Camp to Kanyakumari)
28th
Septemberto 30th
November2011 (63 days, 11,906 kms)
(5) Mt. Everest,8848 m, Asia Continent(HighestMountain inworld)
1st
April to 29th
May 2011 (Summit Day 20th
May 2011)
“I am thrilled to have scaled the perilous heights of the Mount Everest. It gives me great pleasure to
have been able to make my country and company proud. It was a difficult journey, with low air supply,
unbearable cold and other obstacles; but support from my friends, family, colleagues and well wishers
kept me going. Also I would like to thank Aamby Valley, as all the training and experience from my work
there,reallyprovedextremelyhelpfulwhile preparingformyjourneytothe peak”.
Aamby Valley City is proud that valued team member Narinder Singh, (that time OBT Instructor) in
Adventure Sports Department of Aamby Valley City, who have climbed The Highest Peak of the World-
the Mount Everest. He achievedthisfeatonthe 20th of May 2011 at 10:30 am.
The expedition was flagged off on the 16th of March 2011, in Delhi by the Labour minister. 10 countries
participated and there were 17 people, out of which 6 were from Haryana (India). The troupe reached
Kathmandu on the 17th of March 2011, where they were trained for 10 days, post which they trekked
up to Lukla (Kathmandu) in 8 hours. The team’s next destination is the Iceland peak which is 6600
meters above the sea level. Finally on the 16th of April the team embarked on the journey to conquer
Mt Everest.

7. Fortunately I was also able to set up another record of staying at the peak for an hour without oxygen,
which is registeredinthe Limca Book of records!
Another aim was to contribute towards lessening the effect of global warming. Hence we cleaned up
500 kegsof garbage dumpedbyotherclimbersonEverest!
Another proud moment happened when University of World Records approached to award the
Doctorate in the Records! For the same they invited me to Vietnam to grant the Doctorate on 22nd
September2013.

8. FUTURE PROJECTS OF GROUP EXPEDITIONS (TEAM ABHIYAAN)
 Ladakh Triathlon (Motorcycle Expedition,Mt.Stok Kangri Climband Rafting in Indus River),
August 2016
 Mt. Aconcagua 6,960 m (22,837 ft) and Mt. Kilimanjaro5,895 m. (19,341 ft),December
2016/January 2016
 Mt. Everest,North Col(fromChina side),April 2016
 Singapore to IndiaCycling Expedition(approx7000 kms, crossing6 countries),September
2016
 South Pole,January 2017