Priyanka Mohite/Ashish Mane/Umesh Zirpe

Priyanka Mangesh Mohite – Mountaineer (5*8000m mountains), Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Awardee 2021, Research Associate 2 – Aurigene Discovery technology LTD.Bangalore

Ashish Mane – Ashish Mane is one of the prominent professional mountaineers from India. He has scaled Mt. Everest., Mt. Lhotse, Mt. Makalu, Mt Manaslu and Kanchenjunga. 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.

Umesh Zirpe – Umesh is the Leader of 8000er Expeditions at Giripremi. He has led one of the largest Civilian Expedition of India on world’s highest Mountain- Mount Everest in 2012. In subsequent years, led another seven 8000er expeditions on seven of the top 14 peaks in the world including Mt. Kangchenjunga, the world’s third tallest peak. He is the only leader from India to achieve this feat. In October 2019, He summitted Mt. Mera (6476 M) in solo attempt.

Umesh is the founder- director of Guardian Giripremi Institute of Mountaineering (GGIM), the first & only state-of-the-art mountaineering institute in Southern India. Umesh is a renowned writer and author. His several articles on mountaineering activities have been published in leading publishing platforms across the country. A book on Everest expedition experiences- ‘Goshta Eka Dhyasachi- Everest’ is published in 2014. Umesh is also a tax consultant and owns a tax consulting business for more than three decades.