Marathon followed by a skydive, 77-year-old army veteran completes double adventure in Siberia
Lt. Col. O.P.N. Kalyan (retd.), a retired Army Service Corps officer, completed a 10-km run in the marathon on August 1
A 77-year-old Indian Army veteran, Lt. Col. O.P.N. Kalyan, completed a remarkable double adventure in Siberia. On August 1, Lt. Col. Kalyan participated in the XXXVI Siberian International Marathon at Omsk, Russia, finishing a 10-km run. Among the 6,190 runners, only four foreign participants took place - two from Kenya, one from Ethiopia, and Lt. Col. Kalyan representing India.
He expressed pride and emotion at representing India in Siberia, fulfilling a lifetime dream. The following day, Lt. Col. Kalyan took to the skies for a tandem skydive from 3,000 meters over Omsk. Experiencing around 40 seconds of freefall at nearly 200 kmph, he described the jump as a thrilling and unforgettable experience. Lt. Col. Kalyan, a paratrooper during his time in the Indian Army, has undertaken other daring expeditions, including the North Pole and Arctic, and polar plunges in the Arctic Ocean and Southern Sea in Antarctica.
Commissioned into the Army Service Corps in 1969, he studied at King George’s School in Bengaluru before his military service.
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