Harshvardhan Joshi
Personal information
Main disciplineMountainer
Born (1995-11-13) 13 November 1995
Vasai, Maharashtra
NationalityIndia Indian
Career
Notable ascentsMount Everest, Mount Lobuche, Mount Stok Kangri, Mount Deo Tibba, Mount Draupadi ka Danda

Harshvardhan Joshi (born 13 November 1995) is an Indian mountaineer and sustainability advocate[1] from Vasai, Maharashtra.[2][3] He has climbed six mountains of 6000 meters and above in his mountaineering career which started in 2016.[4] Joshi reached the summit of Mount Everest on 23 May 2021 in a carbon neutral effort.[5][6][7]

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.[2] Besides completing numerous mountaineering training, he finished a solo Ironman 70.3 distance triathlon during the pandemic in October 2020.[8][9]

Mountaineering Expeditions

Joshi climbed Stok Kangri (20,187 ft) in 2016.[10] 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.[11]

On 23 May 2021, Joshi completed his climb to Mt. Everest.[7] During his climb, he contracted the coronavirus and faced two cyclones.[6][12]

Training

  • Method of Instruction (Jawahar Institute of Mountaineering and Winter Sport, Jammu & Kashmir)[13]

Honors and awards

See also

References

  1. ↑ "TEDxHRCollege | TED". www.ted.com. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
  2. 1 2 Dutta, Riddhiman (4 February 2020). "Meet Vasai-born Harshvardhan Joshi who aims to summit Mt Everest". Mumbai Mirror.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ "SangHarsh - Mission Mt. Everest 2020". Sangharsh -.
  5. ↑ Service, Tribune News. "Mumbai mountaineer scales Mt Everest in carbon neutral effort". Tribuneindia News Service. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
  6. 1 2 Desai, Shail (11 June 2021). "I Got COVID-19 While Climbing Everest. Then Came Two Cyclones". www.vice.com. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
  7. 1 2 "This 25 year old Indian mountaineer conquered Everest despite being COVID positive". Times of India Travel. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
  8. ↑ "Mumbai man completes solo Ironman Triathlon during pandemic | Mumbai News - Times of India". The Times of India. TNN. 19 October 2020. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
  9. ↑ "Meet the Indian mountaineer, 24, who completed solo Ironman triathlon in pandemic". The Indian Express. 28 November 2020. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
  10. ↑ "Mountaineer and Triathlete, Harshvardhan Joshi is on his way to attempt Mount Everest". NewsX. 24 September 2020. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
  11. ↑ Meghrajani, Tamanna (30 September 2019). "Vasai resident embarks on tough mountain expedition". The Hindu.
  12. ↑ "How Covid-19 scaled Mt Everest". Hindustan Times. 24 May 2021. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
  13. ↑ "एव्हरेस्ट चढाई अडचणीत... | eSakal". www.esakal.com (in Marathi).
  14. ↑ "Fit India Champions | Fit India". fitindia.gov.in. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
  15. ↑ "IAA Olive Crown Awards 2022: Shreerang Charitable Trust bags six awards". Financialexpress. Retrieved 2 September 2022.


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