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Mehul Joshi (born on 13 January 1982) is an endurance athlete and mountaineer, who in 2018, became the first person from Gujarat to scale the heights of Mount Everest from the northern side. He was awarded by the Government of Gujarat and received appreciation from Honourable Chief Minister Vijay Rupani for his notable achievement.

EARLY LIFE:

Mehul Joshi was born on 13 January 1982 to Mr. Pravinchandra Jyotiram Joshi and Mrs. Bhanumati Pravinchandra Joshi, a Brahmin family in Nashik, the Indian state of Maharashtra. He completed his education at Ambalal Premji Patel School and Bhikusa Yamasa Kshatriya College (BYK College) of Commerce, Nashik. Other than being an endurance athlete, he is also a businessman who handles a business of wholesale surgical and medical equipment sale.

In 2012, Mehul started noticing changes in his behaviour. On visiting the doctor, he found that he was diagnosed with diabetes and high blood pressure. It was from that very moment, Mehul decided to bring his health back on track and started cycling and running.

ADVENTURE: RUNNING: Mehul Joshi has participated in various half, full and ultra-marathons. Being an endurance athlete and runner, he has made several running records including running Bangalore Ultra 100 km, Run the Rann 100 km, Sabarmati night marathon 12 hour run, Standard Chartered Mumbai marathon 42.2 km, 33 km trail run the durshet forest, 50 km run 1 time and half marathons 86 times.

CYCLING: Mehul has participated in the world's most prestigious international cycling event 'Paris Brest Paris' (1230 km). He also took part in North Cape 4000km in which he cycled 4500 km within 26 days from Italy to Norway crossing France, Germany, Luxembourg, Sweden, Switzerland, Denmark, Netherlands without any outside support. He has also covered 1200 km BRM within 90hrs, 400 km BRM, 1000 km BRM, 200 km BRM from Shantipua-Dhrangadhra-Shantipura, Brevet of 1000 km LOC and Polo Heritage Brevet. MOUNTAINEERING: Along with endurance running and cycling, his passion for mountaineering also soared. He climbed Mount Elbrus and Mount Stok Kangri in the year 2015, followed by Bhagirathi climb in 2016 and Mount Satopanth & Thelu in 2017 and Mount Everest in 2018.

SUMMIT TO EVEREST: On 9th April 2018, Mehul Joshi was one of the participants who was selected to summit the highest peak in the world. He started his journey to summit Mt. Everest along with his 11 other teammates. The team flew to Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal, on 10th April 2018.

The team headed to Lavasa, situated in China and from there they headed to base camp, which is a seven-day long journey by car. After reaching base camp, which is 5300 meters above the land, the team had to visit surrounding places to habituate themselves. Everest was in the opposite direction of the base camp and they had to go through rigorous trekking every day to let their body accept the changes in the atmosphere. Then, the team was shifted to advance camp, where they had to go through seven days of training including trekking for about 7000 meters. After such rigorous training, on 9th May 2018, the team was further divided into small teams for the final ascent. Mehul was the first one to be chosen. He, along with two others, had to summit the Everest very next day which was 10th May 2018. They started their journey from base camp to interim camp and from interim camp to advance camp. On 15th May 2018, they reached camp 3, which is the last stage camp of Mt. Everest, from there on they started their 'summit push' at night. At 4:30 AM morning, he was at the top of Everest where he stayed for the next 35 minutes.

ACHIEVEMENTS: 1. Cash award from Gujarat government and appreciation from Honourable Chief Minister Vijay Rupani. 2. Recognition from Radio Channel 94.3 MY FM 3. Times “Men of the Year award” 2018 recognition from Times of India, Ahmedabad Times & Economic Times. 4. SBS Gujarati has published about his struggles, efforts, mission, hardships, and glory. 5. Recognition from Sabarkantha Chemist and Drug Association. 6. Honoured by Himmatnagar Palika, Shri Parbat bhai Patel Minister of State, Irrigation and Water Supply. 7. Articles in several newspapers and websites. 8. New articles in Sadhana weekly magazine, Divya Bhashkar, Ahmedabad Mirror, Navgujart Samachar, BBC News Gujarati, VTV Gujarati. 9. Guest of Honour by Police Headquarter Shahibaug. 10. Invited by Governor of Gujarat, Shri O.P. Kohali on 15th August 2018. 11. Guest of Honour GMERS Medical College, Himmatnagar.

See also: https://ahmedabadmirror.indiatimes.com/ahmedabad/others/gujarati-businessman-conquers-mt-everest/articleshow/64196916.cms https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4jk6oKBH60 https://www.facebook.com/mehuljoshiathlete