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Monday, October 24, 2011

TAAS organises successful rescue of injured trekker from remote West Sikkim


TREKKER WITH FRACTURED LEG STRETCHERED OVER TWO DAYS TO CHEWA BHANJYANG, THEN AIRLIFTED TO GANGTOK
GANGTOK, 23 Oct: Sheelagh Ailene Rodgers [59] was rescued by a team of Travel Agents Association of Sikkim and support team of Sikkim Holidays, a local trekking agency, after she was stranded with a broken leg due to a slip on the wet trail in Ghopte, about 9 km from Chewa Bhanjyang, West Sikkim, informs a TAAS release.