Pune trekkers to climb Kanchenjunga and clean it

A team of mountaineers from Pune have taken up the mammoth task of cleaning Mount Kanchenjunga, the tallest in India. The mountaineering group, known as Giripremi, is going to undertake the operation, while summiting the tallest mountain of India. The expedition will be flagged off by Jamling Tenzing Norgay, son of Tenzing Norgay, the first man to climb Mount Everest, alongside Edmund Hillary. Jamling Norgay himself had climbed Everest in 1996.
The group Giripremi has completed similar expeditions in the recent past, where they have gone to glaciers and trekking trails. The mountaineers had previously climbed six peaks, rising 8000 m and above. This time the group will comprise 20–25 mountaineers, who will embark on climbing Mount Kanchenjunga, and it is being called Mount Kanchenjunga Eco Expedition 2019. It will be held in April-May, 2019.


The Kanchenjunga peak is a challenge, as only 200 trekkers have ever attempted to climb it. The mountain lies on the Sikkim-Nepal border. Some mountaineers believe that Mount Kanchenjunga could be more challenging than Everest.
The team would be led by Umesh Zirpe, who said that the team is presently working on studying the Kanchenjunga expeditions, and would be doing all sorts of background check before actually going on the trek. The team will soon be travelling to the base camp of Kanchenjunga to understand the kind of facilities available there. The trek takes mountaineers through risky terrains and avalanche-prone areas. The Pune trekkers are on a great initiative by cleaning the mountains.