A team of the Indian Navy is to set out on an expedition to scale Mt Everest, the tallest mountain in the world.

Speaking at a press conference held at the Embassy of India at Lainchaur on Monday, coordinator of the 24-member expedition team Sanjaya Kumar Kulkarni said, "We are climbing Mt Everest with the slogan 'From the Sea to the Everest'."

He said the team will set out for Jiri from Kathmandu by vehicle on Tuesday and then trek to the Everest base camp.

The Indian Navy's Everest expedition is to be led by Mingma Sherpa, a Nepali mountaineer. Before this, the Indian Navy teams have successfully climbed the world's highest peak in 1965 and 2004. The Indian Embassy saw off the team amidst a function today. RSS