Hi Barua,
I will try and get the other links about the expeditions. One reason could be that there have been some recent climbs.
>We Indians must have an asnwer why we Indians are not good >sportsmen. ...
>We no longer can give the excuse that Indians are poor.
The only countries that one hears about endurance sports are usually from a few countries.
USA, Russia, East European countries, England, China, Japan, Canada, etc.
I don't hear of Scotland, the Netherlands, Norway, most of Africa, most of Latin America (except Brazil/Argentina - football).
Such sports require, excellent training from a very young age, excellent facilities, and great trainers. India does not have a good sprorts infrastructure. Games like cricket and football guarantee immediate ticket sales (in volume), plus great coverage returns.
Other sports like figure skating/gymnastics etc, won't bring enough returns to sustain them - unless there is a champion in the midst.
Even in tennis, India does have the potential, but the best training facilities in the world are in the US - all countries send the best to the tennis ranches in the US (mostly in Texas) to train, and so it is with gymnastics (in Houston).
Lastly (but not the least), politicians often get to choose who is represented in foreign trips for players, trainers, and they more often than not choose third rung potentials.
--Ram
On 5/15/06, Rajen Barua <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Ram:If this site is correct history of expedition to Everest, I don't see any Indian except for the 3 expeditions during 1960 to 1965.I see some Sherpas though.Would you investigate why your records are not listed here?One of the report must be wrong. We must establish the facts.If the above report is correct, one can see from records that an Indian is not too much of a climber which is however not a news.Cricket, Chess etc as you know donot need much physical strength or stamina.I donot know about Kabbadi. I don't think it is even known in places like Assam, Bengal, Bihar etc.We are talking about games and sports like Football, Hockey, Volleyball, Basketball, Long Jump, High jump, 100 meter run, Marathon run, Swiming, Biking, Mountain climbing etc.We Indians must have an asnwer why we Indians are not good sportsmen.We no longer can give the excuse that Indians are poor.RB----- Original Message -----From: Barua25Sent: Monday, May 15, 2006 12:40 AMSubject: [Assam] EVEREST HISTORY time line
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