Guwahati: The first person from Arunachal Pradesh to climb Mount Everest, Tapi Mra, has apparently been missing for the past week while on a mission for the government to investigate the snow-capped Mount Kyarisatam, one of the state’s highest peaks.
Associations for mountaineering and paragliding pleaded with the state’s Chief Minister Pema Khandu for assistance in finding the 37-year-old mountaineer.
Paragliding Association of Arunachal Pradesh president, Vijoy Sonam and Mountaineering Association of Arunachal Pradesh president, Sika Gapak confirmed that Mra has gone missing and are making efforts to trace him.
Pema Khandu announced on Twitter that there are efforts in place for the state government to find the missing mountaineer.
He wrote, “My prayers for safety of Shri Tapi Mra, the first person from Arunachal to scale Mt Everest, who’s been reportedly missing with a porter since last week during an expedition to Mt Khyarisattam in #EastKameng district. State’s Dept of Sports is ready with plans to trace Shri Mra.”
Mountaineering Association’s secretary general is Mra. He had climbed the highest peak of the world on May 21, 2009.