{"id":4900,"date":"2023-01-15T10:19:25","date_gmt":"2023-01-15T04:49:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=4900"},"modified":"2025-03-27T03:06:34","modified_gmt":"2025-03-26T21:36:34","slug":"what-is-soul-of-steel-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/what-is-soul-of-steel-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"What is \u2018Soul of Steel\u2019 challenge?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>About \u2018Soul of Steel\u2019 Challenge<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The \u2018Soul of Steel\u2019 expedition will <strong>test one\u2019s high-altitude endurance and\u00a0 adventure<\/strong> in <strong>Uttarakhand&#8217;s Garhwal Himalayas.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It will initially have <strong>12 Indian participants plus six international teams<\/strong>, between the age group of 18 and 30 years.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>The challenge will be <strong>spread across three months.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It is being <strong>organized by CLAW Global<\/strong>, an entity comprising a group of veterans.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>The <strong>Indian Army is supporting<\/strong> the adventure challenge.<\/li>\n<li>It is <strong>based on the lines of the \u2018Ironman triathlon\u2019, a long-distance triathlon held in Europe <\/strong>which tests an individual&#8217;s physical capabilities.<\/li>\n<li>Participants will be selected through a detailed screening and training model through traditional and modern standards.<\/li>\n<li>The initiative is <strong>aimed at enabling life skill training and youth development.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It is also expected to <strong>boost global promotion of adventure tourism in Uttarakhand.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Q1)\u00a0Where is Garhwal Himalayas located?<\/h3>\n<p>Garhwal Himalayas are mountain ranges located in the Indian state of Uttarakhand. This range is also part of Himalaya Shivalik hills, the outer most hills of the Himalaya located in Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/rajnath-launches-soul-of-steel-challenge-in-dehradun-for-veterans-day\/article66378174.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>Rajnath launches \u2018Soul of Steel\u2019 challenge in Dehradun for Veterans Day<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2018Soul of Steel\u2019 challenge is a high-altitude endurance and  adventure challenge to be held in Himalayas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":4901,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-4900","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4900","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4900"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4900\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4901"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4900"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4900"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}