Mountaineering rescue training has been given to Armed Police Force (APF) officers and personnel in Manang with the technical assistance of the Nepal Mountaineering Association (NMA). The two-week training involved 45 APF personnel in total. Personnel stationed in the Himalayan region are routinely trained by the APF to perform border security and mountain rescue missions in the event of emergencies or disasters.
To support this mission, the APF has established the “Armed Police Force, Nepal Mountain Rescue Training Academy” in Humde, Manang (at an altitude of 3,400 meters). APF offers its staff vital training and hands-on mountain rescue exercises through this academy. With technical support from the NMA, the APF carried out a two-week training program to continue this endeavor.
Pasang Lama and senior instructor Sanjeev Gurung attended the training, according to the NMA. During the session, they and ten APF trainers acted as mountain rescue specialists. According to instructor Gurung, the training covered multi-pitch rock climbing, rappelling, tandem rescue, self-rescue and lifting (Z-pulley) system rescue, and rock climbing, Everest Pedia reported. Rescue operations in hilly and mountainous areas require these abilities.
Instructor Gurung said he was thrilled to be a part of a training program that helps with mountain rescue. “Training police officers who are in charge of national security felt fantastic,” he remarked. But he also pointed out that the academy lacked qualified mountain rescue instructors.
Such training is essential for the safety of those residing in the Himalayan region, according to Rajendra Bahadur Lama, coordinator of the NMA Training Committee. The NMA has created a specialized mountain training curriculum in response to this need. Lama expressed his satisfaction in using NMA’s instructors to assist the APF in its training endeavors.
“This is a great initiative,” he continued. Everyone ought to participate in this kind of training, and we are pleased to help the APF team. In the next fiscal year, the APF also intends to offer training in climbing and rescue techniques related to glaciers.
