Experienced climbers will attempt the summit from the South-West ridge, a route that has never been attempted by an Indian team before, said Umesh Zirpe, a veteran mountaineer and a Shri Shiv Chhatrapati awardee.
State mountaineers scale Mt Annapurna
State mountaineers scale Mt Annapurna
ByAshwin KhanAshwin Khan / Updated: Apr 21, 2021, 06:00 IST
Priyanka Mohite becomes first Indian woman to scale peak
Three mountaineers from the city scaled the 10th highest mountain peak in the world
Annapurna-1 on April 16. Bhagwan Chawale, Sumeet Mandale and Jitendra Gaware were accompanied by two climbers from Mumbai and an Everester from Satara, Priyanka Mohite (26). Incidentally, Mohite became the first Indian woman to scale the peak after the successful ascent.
The advent of the
pandemic last year started a protracted nightmare for city mountaineers, with neighbouring countries closing their international borders. Most climbers were distressed with their dreams of conquering the lofty Himalayan peaks in Nepal being postponed. But many like Chawale, who is also an Everester used the downtime to train harder and better. His resolution to keep training even during the lockdown paid off.
Pune: Three mountaineers from Giripremi Bhushan Harshe, Sumeet Mandale and Jitendra Gaware scaled the 8,091-metre-high Mt Annapurna-1, the world’s 10th tallest mountain on Friday afternoon, said a statement issued by the mountaineering club.
The summit push commenced on Thursday midnight after a spell of snowfall at the Camp-4. “Mountaineers faced the gushing winds throughout the climb till dawn. The route opening team fixed the rope till the summit around noon. After the route opening team’s summit, the Giripremi team followed them and reached the summit after a determined climb,” the statement said.
Umesh Zirpe, the leader of the expedition, said, “Due to the shortage of rope just 800 metre below the summit, the route opening team had to stop their climb midway and return to Camp-4 on Thursday. Chhang Dawa Sherpa and I, who were operating from the base camp, arranged the necessary equipment from Kathmandu to Camp 4. This ensured the second attempt to the summit of