An Indian Army mountaineering team, including four lady officers, today successfully summited the Mount Everest.

Army officials said in New Delhi that one male officer along with four women officers successfully summited the Everest in the morning.

The expedition was carried out through South Nepal which is known as the traditional route, from which Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay had first climbed.

The 22-member team led by ace mountaineer Colonel Ajay Kothiyal was flagged off by Army Deputy Chief Lt Gen Ramesh Halgali on March 12.