Bhubaneswar: An 11-member Orissa team led by ace mountaineer Ganesh Jena reached atop Friday, the Mt Fatru in Manali, Himachal Pradesh, Friday.
The members of AASA, an adventurous sports organisation conquered the 12,000 feet high mountain situated in Solang valley during the 24th National Adventures Festival. Tapas Kumar Sahu, Rakesh Kumar Patnaik, Sisir Kumar Senapati, Ajit Kumar Das, Debashis Lenka, Ajaya Kumar Sahoo, D Kanta Rao, Aswin Sundaray, Ranjan Mohapatra, Bibharani Patra and Anita Swain were part of the expedition. Altogether nine states are participating in the festival, which will conclude Saturday.
It was the 5oth adventurous programme for Ganesh this year. Ganesh expressed satisfaction over the successful completion of Fatru expedition.
“It was a pretty tough expedition. The extreme cold condition there was a major hindrance for climbing. The mountain was also pretty stiff and there was the constant fear of avalanches. However, it was the determination of the members that helped us to conquer the summit and then descend successfully,” Ganesh stated.
“It took nearly nine hours to complete the expedition. Some of our climbers were amateurs. But they showed amazing courage and determination to coordinate with their experienced ones to reach the summit. It was a very good learning experience for them,” the modest mountaineer signed off.
post news network
