{"id":33036,"date":"2018-06-20T01:30:39","date_gmt":"2018-06-19T20:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=33036"},"modified":"2018-06-20T01:30:39","modified_gmt":"2018-06-19T20:00:39","slug":"mountaineers-welcomed-home-honoured","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2018\/06\/20\/mountaineers-welcomed-home-honoured\/","title":{"rendered":"Mountaineers welcomed home, honoured"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>JOMLO MONGKU, Jun 19:<\/strong> Mountaineers Taka Tamut and Kishon Tekseng, who scaled the summit of Mt Everest on 24 May, were welcomed home here at Tamut&#8217;s native village in Siang district and honoured in a function organised by the Jomlo Mongku Youth Association and the Leyi-Gumin Jomlo Mongku.<br \/>\nThe mountaineers shared their experiences and the difficulties they faced while climbing the highest peak in the world. They also screened a documentary on those who were successful and those who perished during their journey to Mt Everest.<br \/>\nThe duo encouraged the youths to take part in adventure activities, such as mountain climbing, paragliding, cycling, etc, and explained the scope in the sports sector.<br \/>\n&#8220;If youths of the area want to take part in adventure activities, we are here to guide them,&#8221; they said.<br \/>\nPower Minister Tamiyo Taga, who also attended the function, said: &#8220;The village has many talented people in different fields, and Tamut and Tekseng&#8217;s achievement was a proud moment for us all.&#8221;<br \/>\nVillagers, dignitaries, government officials, leaders, NGO representatives, and others were present to welcome the duo home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JOMLO MONGKU, Jun 19: Mountaineers Taka Tamut and Kishon Tekseng, who scaled the summit of Mt Everest on 24 May, were welcomed home here at Tamut&#8217;s native village in Siang district and honoured in a function organised by the Jomlo Mongku Youth Association and the Leyi-Gumin Jomlo Mongku. The mountaineers shared their experiences and the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":33040,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-33036","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-state-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33036","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33036"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33036\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33040"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33036"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33036"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33036"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}