This story is from June 6, 2021

Visakhapatnam climber scales Everest, sets eyes on oxygen peak

In July 2018, Anmish Varma Bhupatiraju had almost reached his goal when he decided to abort it to save the life of a fellow mountaineer from his own district rather than leave him in distress.
Visakhapatnam climber scales Everest, sets eyes on oxygen peak
Anmish Varma Bhupatiraju
VISAKHAPATNAM: In July 2018, Anmish Varma Bhupatiraju had almost reached his goal when he decided to abort it to save the life of a fellow mountaineer from his own district rather than leave him in distress.
On June 1, the 28-year-old from Vizag completed his unfinished task by scaling the world’s highest peak, Mount Everest, in his second attempt. Anmish, who stays in PM Palem area of the port city, was just about 900 metres away from the peak three years ago when he decided to abort his attempt and return to save the life of fellow climber Rambabu, who required immediate medical attention following an injury.
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He has set a target to scale seven summits in the world and has now completed three with the scaling of Mt Everest (8,849 metres).
Before this, he took seven days to scale Mt Kilimanjaro (5,895m), the highest mountain in Africa, in January 2020. A month later, he conquered Mt Aconcagua (6,961m) in South America in five days, just before the world was locked down by the first wave of Covid-19 pandemic.
The MBA graduate, who is also a champion in martial arts, reached the base camp on April 19 in his quest to conquer the Everest. The weather was unstable, and the country was also hit by two cyclones — Yaas and Tauktae — on its eastern and western coast in the following days, which also affected the weather in the Himalayas.
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Anmish, whose father Venugopala Raju worked with the BSF, underwent a brutal winter training programme in the icy heights of Ladakh before embarking on his Everest mission. “My father was my main motivator. After retiring from the BSF, he worked as a lorry driver to manage the family. Unfortunately, we lost him in an accident in 2014. He always encouraged me to take up adventurous activities. Because of him I took up martial arts. I am also into various social activities,” Anmish, who also contested for Vizag MP seat as an independent candidate in the 2019 general elections, added.
His next aim is to scale Puncak Jaya, also known as Carstensz Pyramid in Indonesia, and Mt Kosciuszko, the tallest mountain in Australia, in July or August this year.
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