Английская Википедия:Ganesh Jena
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Notability Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Use Indian English Ganesh Chandra Jena (born 5 May 1972) is a mountaineer from Odisha, India. He reached the peak of Mount Everest on 18 May 2011 as the first male from the eastern state of Orissa.[1] Two other Indians in his team were Amit Kumar from Haryana and Jackie Jack from Rajasthan. The team was headed by Anshu Jamsenpa, 32.[2] After Kalpana Dash, Ganesh Jena achieved this feat as the second Oriya and the first male person from Odisha[1][3] "Willpower, patience and determination hold the key to success. My target is to scale the Everest twice in one season," he said to media persons after his successful Everest mission.[4]
Personal life
He was born to Late Kantaru Jena in Sitapur, Paralakhemundi of Gajapati district in Odisha. Currently he resides in Bhubaneshwar and serves for Bhubaneswar Development Authority.[5][6]
He was always inclined towards adventure sports since his youth and moved towards his goal despite of poor financial conditions. He has participated in many more adventure sports.[4][6]
Climbing career
His mountaineering achievements are:
- 1996 - Mt. Bandarpunch Peak (21673 ft.)
- 1998 & 2005 - Mt. Stok Kangri Peak (two occasions)
- 1998 - Mt. Ladakhi Peak (5662 m)
- 1998 - Mt. Shetidhar Peak (5293 m)
- 1999 - Mt. Mamostong Kangri (24,400 ft.) Peak
- 1999 - Mt. Stok Kangri Peak
- 2000 - Mt. Golep Kangri Peak
- 2007 - Mt. Friendship Peak (5340 m)
- 2002 - Mt. Saser Kangri Peak (7672 m) organised by Y.A.M.A, Chandigarh.
- 18 May 2011 - Mount Everest (8848 m)[1][6]
- 1 August 2015 - Mount Elbrus, Russia (5642 m) [7]
In May 2013, he participated in Everest Marathon as a single participant from India.[8]
He has participated in the National Adventure Festival at Chandigarh since 1995. He was a Guest Instructor for the National Adventure Festival from 2002 to 2009.[1][6] Ganesh was honoured with "Adamaya Sahas Puruskar" by the Haryana government in 2013.[9] He was to begin his Mount Kanchenjunga Mission from 1 April 2014 which was expected to end on 31 May. He was denied leave by his employer and he had to abort the mission.[5]
On 26 July 2015, Ganesh Jena started climbing Mount Elbrus in Moscow, Russia. A six-member team from India headed by Ganesh unfurled Tiranga (the national flag) at 8:45 PM on 1 August 2015. Earlier in a grand ceremony former Sports and Youth Services director Dr Bimalendu Mohanty and former assistant director Ashok Mohanty flagged off Jena.[7][8][10]
See also
- Indian summiters of Mount Everest - Year wise
- List of Mount Everest summiters by number of times to the summit
- List of Mount Everest records of India
- List of Mount Everest records
References
- Английская Википедия
- 1972 births
- Living people
- People from Paralakhemundi
- Mountain climbers from Odisha
- Indian summiters of Mount Everest
- Indian mountain climbers
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