Giripremi team to climb Mount Annapurna-I in April 2021

India’s leading mountaineering club, Giripremi, which is on the quest to climb all the fourteen 8000er meters mountains in the world, launched its eighth 8000er meters mountain expedition.

A team of four mountaineers led by Umesh Zirpe will climb Mt. Annapurna (8091 meters), the tenth highest mountain in the world in March- April 2021.

The expedition was set in March- April 2020, however, due to the Covid-19 pandemic, it had rescheduled this year.

The climbing team of the expedition consists of Bhushan Harshe (Mt. Everest and Mt. Kangchenjunga Summitter), Dr. Sumeet Mandale (Mt. Cho Oyu and Mt. Kanchenjunga Summitter) and Jitendra Gaware (Mt. Kangchenjunga Summitter).

Zirpe, the leader of Giripremi’s 8000er meters mountain expeditions, will lead Mt. Annapurna I Expedition 2021. It is his eighth consecutive expedition as a leader.

“After the enormous success of Mt. Everest in 2012, we had been constantly asked by people, what next? After Mt. Everest Expedition, Giripremi envisioned to climb all 14 8000er meters mountain in the world. We are already halfway there,” he said.

Giripremi teams reached the summit of seven 8000er meters 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 meters and is known as one of the toughest mountains to climb across the globe.