centigrade said umesh mane everyone advised me to return but i waited for a while and scaled the peak the team all amateur trekkers had trained for two months for the climb they walked for five hours for first day it was difficult to climb to mount kalapattar but i was determined mane was a member of team along with his 14 year old daughter kavya every year we organise the trek but the response from city was good this year all the three women and their husbands are architect by profession the trek to the base camp was my first step towards accomplishing my dream she said