Bengaluru: On the occasion of 75th Independence Day, five women from Karnataka — Bindhu from Mysuru, Pushpa from Kodagu, Aishwarya and Dhanalakshmi from Shivamogga and Asha from Bengaluru — will take part in the ‘Mountain to Ocean’ expedition, Sports Minister K.C. Narayana Gowda said in Bengaluru yesterday.
The team will climb Kolahoi Peak in Kashmir and cycle to Karwar and then take a kayak from Karwar to Mangaluru, all in 45 days, he added. While Kolahoi Peak is the highest mountain with a peak elevation of 17,799 ft, in Jammu & Kashmir, Karwar and Mangaluru are on the seaside.
