Pune: Giripremi, one of the popular mountaineering clubs from Pune, will recommence its programme to scale all the fourteen 8,000-plus peaks around the world, with an expedition to Mt Annapurna starting this month late.
The expedition was originally set for this time last year but was postponed amid the COVID-19 outbreak. A four-member team, consisting of Bhushan Harshe, Sumeet Mandale, Jitendra Gaware and Umesh Zirpe who will the expedition will attempt to scale the 8,091 metre Mt Annapurna.
Zirpe while explaining the expedition said, “After the enormous success of our expedition to Mt Everest in 2012, we had been constantly asked by people, what next? After Mt Everest Expedition, Giripremi envisioned to climb all 14, 8000 metres mountain in the world. We are already halfway there. Our teams reached the summit of seven 8000er metres mountain in last seven years including Mt Everest (the world’s highest mountain) in 2012, Mt Lhotse (the world’s fourth-highest mountain) in 2013, Mt Makalu (the world’s fifth highest mountain) in 2014, Mt Cho Oyu (the world’s sixth-highest mountain) and Mt Dhaulagiri (the world’s seventh highest mountain) in 2016, Mt Manaslu (the world’s eighth highest mountain) in 2017 and Mt Kangchenjunga (the world’s third-highest mountain) in 2019.”
“Now we have planned an expedition on Mt. Annapurna I (the world’s tenth highest mountain) located in Nepal. The mountain stands tall with a height of 8091 metres and is known as one of the toughest mountains to climb across the globe,” he added.
Meanwhile, Giripremi’s three experienced and skilled climbers will climb Mt Annapurna I in March-April 2021.
