Mt Thelu Flag Off.
Credit: Giripremi
A young team of mountaineers from Pune-based adventure group Giripremi would undertake an expedition to Mt Thelu in Gangotri ranges of the Garhwal-Himalayas in Uttarakhand.
Air Marshal Bhushan Gokhale (Retd), former Vice Chief of Air Staff, and Chairman and Managing Director of Marks Techno Systems Pvt Ltd Dhiren Gupta handed over the flags to the members of the team.
Expedition leader Akhil Katkar and members Abhay Khedkar, Rahul Sonake, Manoj Kulkarni, Miheer Jadhav, Yash Hange and Nikunj Shah received the flags at the Ganesh Hall of New English School on Tilak Road in Pune.
The event was attended by renowned mountaineers and Giripremi’s founder members, including Anand Palande, Usha Prabha Page, the current President Jayant Tulapule, Secretary Vivek Shivade, and senior mountaineer Umesh Zirpe.
During the event, the banner handover ceremony of the unique Himalayan journey for visually-impaired youth organized by Giripremi and Swaroopseva was also concluded.
The initiative aims to take 25 visually impaired youths to the Himalayas for a special trek.
Along with this, the publication of the cover page of the upcoming book Yashogatha Annapurna, narrating the thrilling experiences of the Annapurna-1 Expedition completed in 2021, was announced. The book is penned by the mountaineer Dr Sumeet Mandale.
The Garhwal-Himalayas region is called a mountaineer's paradise, as there are ample opportunities for climbing. Climbers from all over the world could be seen undertaking expeditions.