Bhubaneswar: Odisha’s Sidharth Routray scaled Mount Elbrus, the highest peak in Europe, around 9 am today.
Due to bad weather, Routray had to return back just 1km away from the summit point on May 1. As the weather condition improved, Routray was able to reach the summit point.
It was an extremely challenging task for Routray to climb Mount Elbrus (18,510 ft/5,642 metre), located in Russia, amid extremely low temperature (-35 degree Celsius), sources said.
He reportedly wore a shirt made from Odisha’s Sambalpuri fabric and a cotton towel from the Khurda district at the mountain peak to declare his Odia identity.
He thanked Lord Jagannath and Lord Lingaraj for his successful expedition and also paid homage to martyred Odia jawan Debashis Biswal, who laid down his life in the Poonch terror attack recently.
