The Indian Express•May 21
‘Discipline at the death zone’: How a Pune veteran inspired youth to summit Mount Everest
(From left to right) Mihir Jadhav, Vivek Shivade, expedition leader Umesh Zirpe, Akhil Katkar, and Nikunj Shah left Pune on April 2 and spent nearly eight weeks in the Everest region as part of an acclimatisation process. For 61-year-old Umesh Zirpe, a veteran mountaineer who led a successful expedition to Mount Everest, it was never just about scaling the summit. When his team stood atop the world’s highest peak in the early hours of May 21, it marked the fruition of his desire to inspire a new generation in line with the Centre’s Fit India Movement initiative.
