A youth from Chhattisgarh successfully scaled the heights of ‘Mount Kilimanjaro’- the highest peak in African Sub-Continent.
Rahul Gupta— the 20-year-old youth from Ambikapur in Chhattisgarh’s Surguja district completed this expedition on January 4 this month.
“I am planning to scale Mt. Everest now,” he said while addressing a Press conference here on Saturday.
Rahul is the first person from Chhattisgarh to reach top of Mt. Kilimanjaro which is at the height of 5,895 meters from sea level.
“It took four days to reach at the top of mountain, he told reporters.”
Son of Ashok Prasad Gupta and Krishna Gupta, Rahul is currently pursuing BA Honors (Geography) from Kirodimal College, New Delhi.
He has planned to scale seven summits by June 2016. The seven summits are composed of each of the highest mountain peaks of each of the seven continents.
Rahul would be scaling Mt. Everest in Asian continent, Mt Kosciuszko in Australia, Mt. Elbrus in Europe, Mt. Aconcagua in South America, Mt. Vinson in Antarctica and Mt. McKinley in North America.
“I require about `25 to 30 lakhs for reaching top of Mt. Everest. I have requested from the State government to provide some financial assistance; apart from it, I am also in touch with different corporate houses for getting some sponsorship,” he said.
“My Kilimanjaro trip was financed by Collector of Surguja district Ritu Sen from the CSR fund. Superintendent of Police, Surguja, P Sundar Raj had also extended his support in this expedition,” he mentioned.