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Narendra Dhar Jayal
Major Narendra Dhar Jayal, or ''Nandu'', as he was affectionately known (died 1958), was an officer of the Bengal Sappers and the Indian Army Corps of Engineers. A legendary figure in Indian mountaineering, he was often referred to as the 'Marco Polo of Indian Mountaineering' as he had pioneered and patronized the sport of amateur mountain-climbing in the early years after Independence and set forth a blazing, though short, trail for Indian mountaineers to follow. He encouraged the youths of India to take part in mountaineering. Nandu was educated at The Doon School.〔''The Dosco Record'', Second Edition 1987. Compiled by Col. P.C. Khanna, published by the The Doon School Old Boys Society〕
== School days ==
Jayal began his mountaineering career while he was a student at The Doon School, where his teachers encouraged his interest in climbing as a way to tame his somewhat unruly nature.〔''For Hills to Climb'', The Doon School Contribution to Mountaineering – The Early Years. Edited by Aamir Ali. Pp 421. [Published by The Doon School Old Boys' Society〕
Jayal's first major expedition as a 16-year-old schoolboy was to the Awar Valley above Badrinath, reaching 6,000 meters. Other climbs, while still at Doon, included Trisul with Gurdial Singh, a teacher from Doon. While Singh went on to reach the peak of Trisul, where he performed a headstand asana to honor the Hindu god Shiva, Jayal noted his own feelings in lyrical terms: "The grass on which we camped was like a cushion sprinkled with tiny mauve primula and the gentle lapping of the running water recalled melodies from Beethoven’s Pastoral Symphony. I confess a desire to bring my efforts to an honourable conclusion here – as long as somebody got to the top – and revel in this bracing and saner altitude."
It was a remarkable transformation of Doon's most delinquent boy who had become a "gentle, perfect knight"〔[http://www.himalayanclub.org/journal/book-reviews-9/ ''For Hills to Climb'', reviewed in the Himalayan Club]〕
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