Rohit Rao’s journey from a couch potato to a mountaineer to make his father proud
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Rohit Rao is the son of the late Srinivas Rao Madasu, an Arjuna Award-winning para-athlete
Rohit Rao starts gasping for air. He is 6000 metres above sea level.
The Dzo Jongo peak (6240 metres) in July while still accessible, is not easily scalable. Rohit made it to the base camp at 5,800 metres after six days of ascent. He is tantalisingly close to the top.
As the air gets thinner, the summit seems to get farther. It is dark, too. He left base camp at around 9.30 pm; it is about 2 am now. Or maybe 3 am. After a point, he does not know what time it is, where he is or where he is going. His trek leader is concerned and advises Rohit to return.
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