Giripremi, which is on the quest to climb all fourteen 8,000-metre mountains in the world, has launched its eighth 8,000-metre mountain expedition.
A team of four mountaineers led by Umesh Zirpe will climb Mt Annapurna (8091 metres), the 10th highest mountain in the world, in March-April 2021. The expedition was set in March- April 2020 but rescheduled due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
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). Umesh Zirpe, leader of Giripremi’s 8,000er metres mountain expeditions, will lead Mt Annapurna-I Expedition 2021.
Zirpe said, “After the enormous success of the Mt Everest expedition in 2012, we had been constantly asked by people, what next? After Mt Everest, Giripremi decided to climb all 14 mountains in the world that are taller than 8,000 metres. We are already halfway there. Our teams reached the summit of seven such mountains in the past seven years, including Mt Everest in 2012, Mt Lhotse (the world’s fourth-highest mountain) in 2013, Mt Makalu (the fifth highest) in 2014, Mt Cho Oyu (sixth highest) and Mt Dhaulagiri (seventh highest) in 2016, Mt Manaslu (eighth highest) in 2017 and Mt Kangchenjunga (third-highest) in 2019. Now, we have planned an expedition to Mt Annapurna I, 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. Giripremi’s three experienced and skilled climbers will climb Mt Annapurna I in March-April 2021.”
