Pune – City’s Everest expedition to begin on March 16

A team of 20 mountaineers of the Giripremi mountaineering club will embark on the Pune Everest 2012 expedition to scale the world’s highest peak on March 16. It is the fifth civilian expedition from the country and the first wherein 20 mountaineers from the same city are participating in an expedition to Everest, claimed team members on Tuesday.

Mighty Everest

Leader of the expedition Umesh Zirpe who is a Tax Consultant by profession and mountaineer by passion. The team is currently is undergoing physical and mental preparations for last 15 months. President Pratibha Patil will hand over the national flag to the team at Delhi, after which they will proceed to Kathmandu.

I think the success of this expedition will be very helpful in promoting the mountaineering and other adventure sports because there are very few civilian expeditions were planned for the mighty Mount Everest due to high cost for such expedition. The total budget for this expedition is INR 3.15 CR (0.7 Mn USD) and it is being collected from over 23000 donors… A major part of fund has come from individual donors apart from the funds from business and corporate houses.

Giripremi's Pune Everest Expedition 2012

 

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kira Yoshizawa, a master paper folder widely acclaimed as the father of modern origami, died on March 14, his 94th birthday, at a hospital near his home in Ogikubo, a suburb of Tokyo.

The cause was complications of pneumonia, said June Sakamoto, a board member of Origami USA, based in New York.

Internationally recognized since the 1950’s, Mr. Yoshizawa was credited with elevating a children’s pastime into a serious form of figurative art. He was known both for his innovative folding techniques and for devising a notation system that made origami instructions universally accessible. Usually inspired by the natural world, his work was praised for its simple, elegant lines and striking animacy. In his hands, flat sheets sprang to life as the birds of the air, the fish of the sea and the flora and fauna of the earth.