“It will be a superhuman feat for an asthmatic to scale the seven summits. Climbing Mt Everest for an asthmatic is itself considered a rare feat,” said Rudra Prasad Halder, who scaled Everest in 2016. Apart from Mt Everest, Siddhanta scaled Mt. Reaching the highest peaks in each continents (seven summits) and North and South Pole is considered as an explorer’s ‘grand slam’. Prior to the Antarctica tour, Siddhanta started auctioning his trophies and mementoes to raise funds.

Source: Hindustan Times November 30, 2017 10:52 UTC