Mountaineer from Chhattisgarh hoisted the tricolour on the highest peak of Australia

Chhattisgarh’s mountaineer Rahul Gupta ‘Mountain Man’ has set a new record in mountaineering. He hoisted the tricolour on Australia’s highest peak Mount Kosciusko today on 15 August. Rahul climbed the highest peak of Australia’s continent Mount Kosciusko (7,310 feet), which is the seventh peak in the ranking of the height of the mountains of the continent.

Rahul Gupta hoisted the tricolour on Australia’s highest peak Mount Kosciusko on Independence Day. He congratulated the people of Chhattisgarh on Independence Day from the top of Mount Kosciusko. In his video message, he said, ‘Today, I also recited Chhattisgarh, Chhattisgarhiya Sable Badhiya on the top of Mount Kosciusko.’ This expedition is a part of the expedition organised by Delhi’s Mission Possible. A total of 11 mountaineers from Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh were involved in this expedition. The expedition was led by Narendra Yadav of Haryana. The mountaineering started from the last camp at 2 am on 14 August as per Indian time and reached the peak at around 9:30 am. During this time, the temperature was around -4 to -5 degrees Celsius.