Ashish Mane (Born 14 August 1990) is one of the prominent professional mountaineer from India. He has scaled Mt. Everest (2012).,[1][2] Mt. Lhotse (2013),[3][4][5] Mt. Makalu (2014),[6][7] Mt Manaslu (2017)[8][9] and Kanchenjunga (2019).[10] Ashish is the only climber from Maharashtra as of now, to ascend five of the fourteen Eight-thousander|peaks over 8,000 metres means about 26,000 ft above sea level. In the year 2016, he attempted to scale Daulagiri, but due to technical reasons he had to quit the expedition[11]
Background
Ashish hails from Satara, Maharashtra. He is an alumnus of Raje Shivraya Pratishthan college in Kothrud, Pune.[12] He holds a master's degree in Computer Science. He did his basic mountaineering course from Nehru Institute of Mountaineering (NIM) at Uttarkashi.
His fascination towards mountains and trekking in Konkan region, inspired him to climb in Himalayas.[13]
Expeditions
| Year | Peak (Height in meters) |
|---|---|
| 2012 | Mount Everest (8,848) |
| 2013 | Lhotse (8,516) |
| 2014 | Makalu (8,485) |
| 2017 | Manaslu (8,163) |
| 2019 | Kanchenjunga (8, 586) |
Awards
Ashish has received following awards
- Shiv Chhatrapati State Sports award for year 2014-15 [14]
See also
- Indian summiters of Mount Everest - Year wise
- List of Mount Everest summiters by number of times to the summit
- List of Mount Everest records of India
- List of Mount Everest records
References
- ↑ 12 mountaineers from Pune scaled Mount Everest - Times of India. The Times of India. Retrieved 2017-10-30.
- ↑ एव्हरेस्टवीर आशिष माने सातार्यात. marathibhaskar(2012-06-08). Retrieved 2017-11-24.
- ↑ Scaling new peaks. The Hindu(2013-05-31). Retrieved 2017-10-26.
- ↑ Jubilant Giripremi team returns after Everest summit. The Indian Express(2013-05-30). Retrieved 2017-10-24.
- ↑ Sakal Times - City student scales Mount Lhotse. cms.myvishwa.com. Retrieved 2017-11-24.
- ↑ Pune lad scales Mount Makalu braving bad weather - Times of India. The Times of India. Retrieved 2017-10-26.
- ↑ Giri Premi conquers Makalu | Latest News & Updates at Daily News & Analysis. dna(2014-05-26). Retrieved 2017-10-24.
- ↑ Pune Giripremi’s Travails: To the death zone and back, six successful times. hindustantimes.com/(2017-09-28). Retrieved 2017-10-24.
- ↑ साताऱ्यातील आशिष मानेकडून जगातील आठवं सर्वोच्च शिखर सर. ABP Majha(2017-09-26). Retrieved 2017-11-24.
- ↑ 10 mountaineers from India summit Mt. Kanchenjunga. www.aninews.in. Retrieved 2019-06-13.
- ↑ Pune-based mountaineering group Giripremi scales Mt. Cho Oyu and Mt. Dhaulagiri. The Indian Express(2016-05-24). Retrieved 2017-10-30.
- ↑ Pune lad scales Mount Makalu braving bad weather - Times of India. The Times of India. Retrieved 2017-10-26.
- ↑ THE CITY OF CLIMBERS - The Times Of India - Pune, 2017-12-10. Retrieved 2017-12-12.
- ↑ Shiv Chhatrapati awards - Hindustan Times 13th Feb 2018(13 Feb 2018).
Further reading
- Ashish Mane ( May, 2013) "After Everest, I wanted to scale technical peaks like Lhotse"
- Ashish Mane (Dec, 2017) "My greatest achievement was scaling Mt Makalu, being first Indian civilian to do so"