The Ladakh women’s ice hockey team is cooler than the ice they play on
Once, when the women introduced themselves to playing a match, they were told that there were not enough ice hockey players, those waiting for their turn on the ice should rather set up a male match – by making a traditional dance.
With the taunts that accumulate, Jahan says: “We thought:” Let us come together and form an organization “.
The first initiative was to be a learning camp to skate for children in Leh. But early enough, they realized that they should create their own skating rink – in DIY mode. Divided into quarters of work, from 6.30 p.m., they first poured water on the frozen pond and softened it to create the first layer. It took four hours to freeze, before the second quarter of work could repeat the process, continuing until about 3 o’clock in the morning while the temperature fell less than 25 degrees Celsius, transforming the fronds of hair passing under their ice caps into ice. They can laugh at it today “because we have made ourselves”. During their first international event, they rented equipment to men, playing in oversized clothes, incompatible skates and renovated crickets. But more.
