BHUBANESWAR: Jogabyasa Bhoi, the third Oriya to scale Mt Everest, received a grand welcome on his arrival at the Biju Patnaik airport here on Monday.
Opposition leader Bhupinder Singh and senior officials of the state government were at the airport to greet the primary school teacher from Kalahandi district. Bhoi met Governor M C Bhandare later in the day.
"While atop the world's highest point, I felt close to my mother who passed away in 1997. I am missing her badly. I wish she was around," the 29-year-old bachelor said.
The Second of three children, Jogabyasa started dreaming about climbing the Everest in 2008. "As a NCC volunteer, I started and liked mountaineering way back in 2001," he said. Earlier, Bhoi had conquered the 17,298 ft high Renik mountain in the Himalaya range and the highest peak in South Africa, Mt Kilimanjaro, without oxygen.
Bhoi of Rupra village in Narla block scaled the Everest on May 19. Trained under "Mountaineering Consultant," Kathmandu, Bhoi was the only mountaineer in the team of seven who did not use oxygen till 25,000 feet. Bhoi had started his expedition on April 15.
Jogabyas, after his mission Everest, aims to scale top 14 peaks of the world without oxygen. "I had attempted to scale the Everest without oxygen. However, after 25000 ft, I felt the need to take oxygen," he said.
Sambad, June 6, 2011
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