Everest summiteer wants to scale five more top summits

On his radar are Mt Acancagua (24,000 ft) in North America, Mt Denali Mckinley (22,000 ft) in Alaska, US, Mt Elbrus (18,510 ft) in Europe, Mt Pyramid (5,000 mtr) in Australia and Mt Vinson (5,000 mtr) in the Antarctica.

The 28-year-old from Rajasthan, who climbed the Mt Everest in 2009 before reaching the summit of Mt Kilimanjaro last year revealed, "I have planned to set out for Mt Acancagua in February next and am looking for sponsorship,"

Mountain climbing is a costly affair and it needs sponsorship, Sharma, a native of Churu, a small town and gateway to the Thar desert in Rajasthan, told PTI.

The mountaineer said he had borrowed Rs 25 lakh for his Mt Everest expedition in May, 2009 and was still paying the instalments.

Asked if he had received any financial help from the Rajasthan government in repaying the instalments, Sharma replied in the negative, but admitted he had been assured several times.

He, though, disagreed that it was difficult to get sponsorship for adventure sport like mountaineering, but said it needed proper marketing.