Four tribal students from Chandrapur scale Mount Everest

“Umakant Madavi(19), Parmesh Aale(19) and Manisha Dhurve(18), from Devada asharam school and Kavidas Katmode(18), from Jivati asharam school were the successful students. While Kavidas and Umakant reached the summit at 3.25 am, Parmesh and Manisha reached at 4.25 am and 4.35 am respectively,” Chandrapur Collector Ashutosh Salil told The Indian Express.

Everest Base Camp

Salil also said, “Two others — Vikas Soyam and Indu Kannake will make an attempt for the summit on May 17 and 18, respectively. The four successful students will return to the base camp by Wednesday night.”

Salil further said that Chhaya Atram and Aakash Madavi had to return to Chandrapur as they were suffering from “altitude sickness”. “The remaining two Akshay Atram and Vikas Soyam may also subsequently attempt depending on whether mountaineering expert Shekhar Babu takes a favorable call after considering their fitness and weather conditions,” he added.

Team undergoing training at base camp

All the 10 students had undergone rigorous training for 18 months at various places before embarking on the Everest mission from the Chinese side.