Chhering Norbu Bodh Explained

Honorific Prefix:Subedar Major and Honorary Captain
Chhering Norbu Bodh
Honorific Suffix:SC
Birth Place:Village Chobrang, Lahaul and Spiti district, Himachal Pradesh, India
Allegiance: India
Serviceyears:1988-2013
Rank: Subedar Major
Honorary Captain
Servicenumber:3989092
Unit:Dogra Regiment
Known For:Mountaineering
Awards:Shaurya Chakra
Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award
Gold medal of the Indian Mountaineering Foundation
Alma Mater:High Altitude Warfare School

Subedar Major and Honorary Captain Chhering Norbu Bodh, SC, (retd.) (born May 1969, also known as CN Bodh) is a retired personnel of the Indian Army, known for his mountaineering achievements while in the army. Bodh holds a number of Indian summiting records related to 8,000m peaks. Among others, he is the first Indian mountaineer to have climbed six of the fourteen 8000m peaks in the world, and the first Indian to stand atop Lhotse and Annapurna-1.

Personal life

Bodh hails from the Spiti valley, Himachal Pradesh.[1] [2] [3] He joined the army soon after matriculating from school. He is known to be a devout Tibetan Buddhist.[4]

Mountaineering achievements

Successful 8000m summits

Bodh is known for having successfully climbed six 8,000m peaks in expeditions conducted by the Indian Army:

  1. Mt Everest (2001)[5] [6]
  2. Mt Annapurna (2002)[7] [8] [9] [10]
  3. Mt Lhotse (2003)[11] [12] [13] [14]
  4. Mt Kanchenjunga (2004)[15] [16] [17]
  5. Mt Cho Oyu (2006)[18] [19]
  6. Mt Dhaulagiri (2009)[20]

Bodh is the first Indian who summited three,[21] then four,[22] then five, and then six 8000m summits.[23] [24] [25]

Bodh is the first Indian to have set foot on the summits of Annapurna-I and Lhotse.

Others

Bodh summited Gyagar peak (6,400m) in Spiti in August 1995[26] and Mana Peak (7,273m) in 2000. He contributed significantly to the successful Army Women Everest Expedition in 2005.[27]

Recognition

Shaurya Chakra

In 2001, Bodh was awarded the Shaurya Chakra, India's third highest peacetime gallantry award, for successfully summiting Mt Everest under daunting conditions on 23 May 2001. The citation for this award reads as the following:[28]

Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award

On 29 August 2006, Bodh was awarded the Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award, the highest adventure sports honor bestowed by the Government of India, for the year 2005 in the Land Adventure category. This award recognized Bodh for the whole span of his achievements in mountaineering till then.[29]

Others

Bodh received COAS (Chief of the Army Staff) Commendation Cards on Army Days in 2008[30] and 2010.[31]

Bodh, a JCO in the Indian army, was made an Honorary Captain while approaching retirement, on account of his distinguished career.[32] [33]

Bodh was regarded among India's best mountaineers in the years when he was climbing 8,000m peaks.[34] [35]

Bodh is an 'Individual Member' of the Indian Mountaineering Foundation (IMF), the Government of India's apex mountaineering body.[36] [37]

References

  1. Web site: Sengupta . Rudraneil . 2012-05-04 . Vertical limit . 2022-10-12 . mint . en.
  2. Web site: R-Day celebrated in minus 10 degrees in Himachal town . 2022-12-15 . www.daijiworld.com . en.
  3. Book: Mukherjee, Sanjay . The Road to Kaza - The Diary of a Winter Homestay in Spiti . Mountain Walker Private Limited . 2020 . 978-81-940505-8-2 . Pune . 276–294 . en.
  4. Web site: Austa . Sanjay . C N Bodh - India's Mountain Goat . 2022-12-15 . www.the-south-asian.com.
  5. Book: Mountaineering in Nepal - Facts and Figures . Ministry of Culture, Tourism, & Civil Aviation (Govt. of Nepal) . 2018 . Ghimire . Dhanraj . Kathmandu . 38.
  6. Book: Kohli, M. S. . On Top of the World: The Indian Everest Saga, 1854-2006 . 2006 . Indus Publishing Company . 978-81-7387-199-3 . 295 . en.
  7. Book: Mountaineering in Nepal - Facts and Figures . Ministry of Culture, Tourism, & Civil Aviation (Govt. of Nepal) . 2018 . Ghimire . Dhanraj . Kathmandu . 272.
  8. Lt. Col. Sharma . S.C. . 2003 . Indian Army Annapurna-I Expedition, 2002 . The Himalayan Journal . 59.
  9. Web site: May 7, 2002 . Army Chief commends first Indian expedition to Annapurna-I . 2022-12-15 . archive.pib.gov.in.
  10. Web site: June 19, 2002 . Annapurna-I expedition flagged-in . 2022-12-15 . archive.pib.gov.in.
  11. Book: Mountaineering in Nepal - Facts and Figures . Ministry of Culture, Tourism, & Civil Aviation (Govt. of Nepal) . 2018 . Ghimire . Dhanraj . Kathmandu . 172.
  12. Web site: Col. Abbey . Ashok . 2004 . Indian Army on Everest and Lhotse . 2022-12-16 . The Himalayan Journal (60) . en.
  13. Web site: The Ascent of Everest and Lhotse 2003 . 2022-12-15 . Indian Mountaineering Foundation.
  14. Web site: May 13, 2003 . Indo-Nepalese army expedition scales Mount Lhotse India News - Times of India . 2022-12-15 . The Times of India . en.
  15. Book: Mountaineering in Nepal - Facts and Figures . Ministry of Culture, Tourism, & Civil Aviation (Govt. of Nepal) . 2018 . Ghimire . Dhanraj . Kathmandu . 160.
  16. Web site: Several summit Kangchenjunga . 2022-12-15 . www.everestnews2004.com.
  17. Web site: Himalayan Database Expedition Archives of Elizabeth Hawley - Ascents of Autumn 2004 . 2022-12-15 . www.himalayandatabase.com.
  18. Web site: Himalayan Database Expedition Archives of Elizabeth Hawley - Ascents of Spring 2006 . 2022-12-15 . www.himalayandatabase.com.
  19. News: May 27, 2006 . Entire Indian Army Expedition Atop Cho Oyu . oneindia .
  20. Book: Mountaineering in Nepal - Facts and Figures . Ministry of Culture, Tourism, & Civil Aviation (Govt. of Nepal) . 2018 . Ghimire . Dhanraj . Kathmandu . 215.
  21. Book: Prasad, Shankar . The Gallant Dogras: An Illustrated History of the Dogra Regiment . 2005 . Lancer Publishers . 978-81-7062-268-0 . 256 . en.
  22. Book: Defence, India Ministry of . Annual Report . 2004 . Ministry of Defence. . 40 . en.
  23. Web site: Adventure/Sports - Major Achievements . 2022-12-15 . www.indianarmy.nic.in.
  24. August 2009 . Expedition/Adventure . Pratiyogita Darpan . 4 . 38 . 210.
  25. Book: An Atlas of Army Adventure . Army Adventure Wing/DCOAS (IS & C) Sectt . 2021 . 77.
  26. Web site: 2022 . ｲﾝﾄﾞ･ﾋﾏﾗﾔ登山年表 山名順 (Indian Himalaya mountaineering chronological table in order of mountain name) . Japan Alpine Club.
  27. News: July 26, 2005 . Army Commander felicitates women's Everest team . The Tribune .
  28. Web site: Gallantry Awards Ministry of Defence, Government of India . 2022-10-10 . www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  29. Web site: Press Information Bureau . 2022-10-10 . archive.pib.gov.in.
  30. Web site: 2008 . List of personnel recommended for COAS commendation cards on Army Day PDF Free Download . 2022-12-15 . docplayer.net.
  31. Web site: List of Personnel awarded COAS Commendation Cards on the occasion of Army Day 2010 . 2022-12-15 . www.indianarmy.nic.in.
  32. Web site: Menon . Shyam G. . 2015-08-14 . A school teacher in Kaza . 2022-12-16 . Outrigger . en.
  33. Web site: March 15, 2001 . Unstarred question No. 2717: Honorary Ranks to Defence Personnel . Govt. of India, Defence, Lok Sabha.
  34. Web site: 2010-03-01 . Kanchenjunga Expedition- The preparations/ Delhi/ Siliguri/ Darjeeling . . 2022-12-15 . Sanjay Austa . en-US.
  35. Web site: 2009-06-19 . To the top of the world and back . 2022-12-15 . Mid-day . en.
  36. Web site: IMF MEMBERSHIP .
  37. Web site: LIST OF MEMBERS .

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