“The land is so barren and the passes so high, that only the fiercest of enemies and the best of friends want to visit us.”
-Slogan at Army’s Siachen Base Camp
Siachen the coldest and highest battlefield in the world has been a courageous show of the Indian defense forces for more than three decades. Siachen deployments starts from 12000 feet and goes up to the height of 22000 feet. `Siachen` means `the place of wild roses`, a reference some people attribute to the abundance of Himalayan wildflowers found in the valleys below the glacier, but specifically refers to the thorny wild plants which grow on the rocky outcrops.