Nagpur Duos to Summit Mt Kilimanjaro this August 15th
MAYANK Mehre and Akash Katole from Nagpur are all set to conquer top of Africa continent on coming August 15th. Mt Kilimanjaro stands at height 19341 feet and is highest peak in African Continent and is one of the 7 highest peaks on 7 continents. Mayank and Akash will leave India on Aug 8 and will start their journey on Aug 10. Mayank told ‘The Hitavada’ “That they will complete the journey in the five days and will hoist the India’s flag on the peak of the Kilimanjaro on Aug 15 to celebrate the Independence day.” Duo are preparing the altitude mask training in gym to use the limited oxygen while trekking. They will start their the Trekking from Zero level (SEA 2 SUMMIT) they will start with some cycling and swimming in Tanzania and will emerge for the summit. Mayank, resident of Dharampeth, Nagpur and Akash, resident of Manewada are friends from their Engineering at Vishwakarma Institute of Technology (VIT), Pune. After engineering Akash went on to do his MBA from IIM Calcutta