The Indian Mountaineering Foundation recently approved a three-member team of mountaineers led by Arjun Vajpai for winter climbing expedition to Mount Trishul.
In India, the mountaineering expeditions are taken up only during pre-monsoon and post-monsoon period.
For the first time, the Indian Mountaineering Foundation has approved the concept of winter mountaineering.
Arjun Vajpai is the youngest Indian to climb Mount Everest at the age of 16 in 2010.
Mount Trishul is located in the western Kumaon of Uttarakhand.