Harshvardhan Joshi

Harshvardhan Joshi (born 13 November 1995) is an Indian mountaineer from Vasai, Maharashtra.[1][2] He has climbed six mountains of 6000 meters and above in his mountaineering career which started in 2016.[3] Joshi reached the summit of Mount Everest on 23 May 2021.[4][5]

Harshvardhan Joshi
Personal information
Main disciplineMountainer
Born (1995-11-13) 13 November 1995
Vasai, Maharashtra
Nationality Indian

Early life

Joshi was born in Vasai, Maharashtra, and schooled in his native village. He graduated with a Bachelor of Engineering degree in IT from Mumbai University.[1] Besides completing numerous mountaineering training, he finished a solo Ironman 70.3 distance triathlon during the pandemic in October 2020.[6][7]

Mountaineering Expeditions

Joshi climbed Stok Kangri (20,187 ft) in 2016.[8] On 4 October 2019, Joshi embarked on an expedition to climb Himlung Himal (7126 m, 23379.27 ft), a mountain in the remote Nar-Phu region of Nepal.[9]

On 23 May 2021, Joshi completed his climb to Mt. Everest.[5] During his climb, he contracted the coronavirus and faced two cyclones.[4][10]

Training
  • Method of Instruction (Jawahar Institute of Mountaineering and Winter Sport, Jammu & Kashmir)[11]

See also

References
  1. Dutta, Riddhiman (4 February 2020). "Meet Vasai-born Harshvardhan Joshi who aims to summit Mt Everest". Mumbai Mirror.
  2. Tahseen, Ismat (25 March 2020). "'I was looking forward to climbing Mt. Everest, I will not give up on my dream'". The Times of India.
  3. "SangHarsh - Mission Mt. Everest 2020". Sangharsh -.
  4. "I Got COVID-19 While Climbing Everest. Then Came Two Cyclones". www.vice.com. Retrieved 2021-09-23.
  5. "This 25 year old Indian mountaineer conquered Everest despite being COVID positive". Times of India Travel. Retrieved 2021-09-23.
  6. "Mumbai man completes solo Ironman Triathlon during pandemic | Mumbai News - Times of India". The Times of India. TNN. Oct 19, 2020. Retrieved 2021-09-23.
  7. "Meet the Indian mountaineer, 24, who completed solo Ironman triathlon in pandemic". The Indian Express. 2020-11-28. Retrieved 2021-09-23.
  8. "Mountaineer and Triathlete, Harshvardhan Joshi is on his way to attempt Mount Everest". NewsX. 2020-09-24. Retrieved 2020-09-24.
  9. Meghrajani, Tamanna (30 September 2019). "Vasai resident embarks on tough mountain expedition". The Hindu.
  10. "How Covid-19 scaled Mt Everest". Hindustan Times. 2021-05-24. Retrieved 2021-09-23.
  11. "एव्हरेस्ट चढाई अडचणीत... | eSakal". www.esakal.com (in Marathi).


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