Meghalaya’s Teimiki Sungoh named best rescuer at Himalayan Mountaineering Institute

Syllad | The Rising MeghalayaMarch 30, 2025

Assistant Secretary of the Meghalaya Sport Climbing and Mountaineering Association (MeSCMA) Teimiki Sungoh attended the Search and Rescue Course in the Himalayan Mountaineering Institute (HMI) and was awarded Best Rescuer along with the 11 Trainees from amongst 26 participants

Sungoh, also a resident of Shangpung village in West Jaintia Hills District, will be awarded Grade “A” which is the highest Grade given by the Mountaineering Institutes for their performance and completion of the Training of search and rescue.

This training course was held from 6^th – 28^th   March 2025. The training course expenditure is sponsored by the Directorate of Sports and Youth Affairs, Govt of Meghalaya.

Only 23 participants from all over the country completed the training and they are ready to respond, rescue and rise to every challenge to assist the district authorities and other organizations.

Sungoh is the only person from the North Eastern States, his best performance and skills has impressed the institute and he has been elected to be a Guest Instructor for the coming courses in May 2025. 

The trainees are required to be physically and mentally fit and have a positive and adventurous attitude. This training is usually practiced in high altitudes at Himalayas that tends to include technical rope access on rocky cliff, snow, glaciers, crevasses and knowledge of First Aid, Navigation, Audio and visual communication signals and evacuation methods including the use of helicopters to quickly extract casualties and dogs may be deployed to find a casualty. 

Also, the term is sometimes used to apply to search and rescue in other wilderness environments. Accessing the inaccessible conditions has resulted in the development of specialized, high performance and safety centric tools and techniques making each task easier and more efficient.