<span style="font-size: 13.3333px; color: #222222;">Mountaineers Satyarup Siddhanta and Mousumi Khatua created history by climbing Asia's highest volcanic peak Mount Damavand in Iran.&nbsp;<br style="font-size: 13.3333px;" />''<br style="font-size: 13.3333px;" />''Mount Damavand is the highest peak and also a potentially active volcano.&nbsp;<br style="font-size: 13.3333px;" />''<br style="font-size: 13.3333px;" />''The expedition team comprised of three members, Siddhanta, Mousumi and Bhaswati Chatterjee.&nbsp;<br style="font-size: 13.3333px;" />''<br style="font-size: 13.3333px;" />''According to a release, the trio left for Iran on 6th of this month, the team had to scale the summit within a very short span of time to avoid the Sulphur exposure related hazards.&nbsp;<br style="font-size: 13.3333px;" />''<br style="font-size: 13.3333px;" />''Mountain Damavand is known for its Sulphur discharge near its peak which can cause irreparable damage if exposed for a longer duration.&nbsp;<br style="font-size: 13.3333px;" />''&nbsp;<br style="font-size: 13.3333px;" />''This is the fourth volcanic summit for Siddhanta. The 35-year-old is now targeting scaling three more volcanic peaks by January next year.&nbsp;<br style="font-size: 13.3333px;" />''<br style="font-size: 13.3333px;" />''He is now in the last lap of climbing the highest volcanoes of each of the continents known as climbing the 7 volcanic summits.&nbsp;</span><br style="font-size: 13.3333px;" />''<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">&nbsp;</span>
News On AIR | September 16, 2018 1:48 PM
Mountaineers Satyarup & Mousumi climb Asia's highest volcanic peak Mount Damavand in Iran