Jaipur: It was a day that swung between hope and cynicism for the Maloo family of Kishangarh in Ajmer. Family’s eldest son Anurag Maloo went missing since Monday after he fell into a crevasse below Camp-III while returning from Camp-IV of Mount Annapurna – world’s 10th highest peak – in Nepal.
“It’s a pathetic day for his family. A few other mountaineers had also gone missing at Mount Annapurna. While the family went into despair when the news of an Irish mountaineer’s death reached the residence on Tuesday morning, Anurag’s parents and relatives are banking on hope since afternoon when the rescue team managed to find mountaineer Baljeet Kaur alive,” Srikant Dargar, Anurag’s neighbour and childhood friend, told TOI.
“A fan of the first woman Mt. Everest climber, Bachendri Pal, Anurag decided to follow her footsteps and become a mountaineer. For the last 10-years or so, Anurag used to be frequently out of town pursuing his passion to climb peaks,” Dargar, who and Anurag hail from the Aditya Mill Colony of Kishangarh, added.
Aunurag’s younger brother Ashish had left for Nepal to track him along with his uncle and cousin. Ashish is a chartered accountant who got married recently, while Anurag is still a bachelor. His father Om Prakash Maloo is a marble trader and – mother – Pushpa a housewife.
Like his family, mountaineers across the country are still hopeful that Anurag is alive, and the rescue team would find him. Although they admitted that chances are very slim.
“This year several mountaineers had headed to climb the Mt. Annapurna. In such situations, use of fix ropes are very common. And, when a climber is descending or ascending using a fixed rope, chances are lean that the climber would fall down to a great extent. Let’s keep our fingers crossed,” said Debasish Biswas, a mountaineer from Kolkata. Biswas – an additional commissioner of Income Tax – is keeping a track of developments in Nepal since Monday.
“It’s a pathetic day for his family. A few other mountaineers had also gone missing at Mount Annapurna. While the family went into despair when the news of an Irish mountaineer’s death reached the residence on Tuesday morning, Anurag’s parents and relatives are banking on hope since afternoon when the rescue team managed to find mountaineer Baljeet Kaur alive,” Srikant Dargar, Anurag’s neighbour and childhood friend, told TOI.
“A fan of the first woman Mt. Everest climber, Bachendri Pal, Anurag decided to follow her footsteps and become a mountaineer. For the last 10-years or so, Anurag used to be frequently out of town pursuing his passion to climb peaks,” Dargar, who and Anurag hail from the Aditya Mill Colony of Kishangarh, added.
Aunurag’s younger brother Ashish had left for Nepal to track him along with his uncle and cousin. Ashish is a chartered accountant who got married recently, while Anurag is still a bachelor. His father Om Prakash Maloo is a marble trader and – mother – Pushpa a housewife.
Like his family, mountaineers across the country are still hopeful that Anurag is alive, and the rescue team would find him. Although they admitted that chances are very slim.
“This year several mountaineers had headed to climb the Mt. Annapurna. In such situations, use of fix ropes are very common. And, when a climber is descending or ascending using a fixed rope, chances are lean that the climber would fall down to a great extent. Let’s keep our fingers crossed,” said Debasish Biswas, a mountaineer from Kolkata. Biswas – an additional commissioner of Income Tax – is keeping a track of developments in Nepal since Monday.
