The mountaineer of the State is all set to scale Mount Elbrus and he would leave on Wednesday from here. The 5642 meter height Elbrus situated in Moscow in Russia. A six member team from India would headed by Ganesh to climb the Elbrus.
Former Sports and Youth Services director Dr Bimalendu Mohanty and former assistant director Ashok Mohanty flag off Jena and wished him good luck for the expedition. Jena an avid adventure sports lover becomes the first male mountaineer of the State to summit Mount Everest in the year 2011 and brought pride, honour and glory for the State. He added another feather in his crown, when he become the lone participant from India to participate successfully in the Everest Marathon in the year 2013, said Ashok Mohanty.
This would be the first time any climber of India would do traverse climbing of the Elbrus. We will start our journey on July 26 from the base camp and hopeful that we would reach the pick on September 2, said Jena.
Adventure sports are an integral part of Youth Services. Though it’s not a competitive sports but participate in the event is a great achievement. The events long swimming, rock climbing, maintaining and many more events are coming under adventure sports. It is not easy to overcome the unpredictable hurdles came in the away of adventure sports. I am confident and hopeful Ganesh would complete the climbing successfully, said Bimalendu Mohanty.