Pune mountaineer scales Everest

A city-based mountaineer climbed Mount Everest, the highest peak in the world, mountaineering club Giripremi announced Thursday. Rahul Inamdar successfully climbed Everest on May 23, a media release issued by the club said.

He had been preparing for the expedition for the past two years under the guidance of the Guardian Giripremi Institute of Mountaineering, it added. Inamdar had scaled Mt Stok Kangri (6154 M) in the past, it said.