uttarkashi nehru institute of mountaineering nim the countrys premium training institute in uttarkashi district will host the nationallevel sports climbing championship teams from different parts of the country will participate in the event which will be organised in august this year nims principal and chairman of sports climbing north zone colonel amit bisht said we are going to organise a nationallevel sports climbing championship from august 11 to 14 at nim campus teams of north south east west northeast army and paramilitary zones will participate in the competition winners will get a chance to represent the country on the international level there are a lot of opportunities in sports climbing as it has become an olympic sport therefore nim is also focusing on promoting the sport and nurturing young talents he added recently the institute also successfully conducted the 26th north zone sports climbing competition in this event over 150 climbers from uttarakhand leh jammu srinagar himachal pradesh punjab chandigarh haryana delhi and uttar pradesh participated of these 30 climbers have been selected for the upcoming national championship in different age categories of lead climbing bouldering and speed climbing events