Kathmandu, May 21 (PTI): A 28-year-old Indian climber has scaled two mountains above 8,000 metres, including the Mt. Everest, in just six days during the ongoing climbing season, Nepalese media reported on Tuesday.
Keval Hiren Kakka touched the peak of Mount Lhotse, world’s fourth highest mountain, on Tuesday.
The Mumbai-based climber scaled Mt. Lhotse leading a team of the nine-member expedition at 6:30 am, Rishi Bhandari, Managing Director at Satori Adventures Pvt Ltd, who organised the expedition, said. Kakka had on May 16 scaled Mount Everest, The Himalayan Times reported.
“He was a part of a 13-member expedition led by Canadian climber Mathews Vernon on Mt Everest, Bhandari said.
Kakka started his professional career in climbing by organising expeditions to Mt Deo Tibba (6,001m), Mt Hanuman
Tibba (5,932m), Mt Friendship (5,289m), Mt Lobuche East (6,019m), Mt Stok Kangri (6,049m), Mt Manaslu (8,163m) among others, the report said.
The height of Mt. Everest is 8,848 metres, while Mt. Lhotse is at 8,526 metres.
