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he four-member Indonesia Seven Summits Expedition of Mahitala team of students from the outdoor activity club at Parahyangan Catholic University in Bandung, West Java, was about to relive history by hoisting the red-and-white on the highest tip of Mount Everest.

In a press release made available on May 10, team leader Sofyan Arief Fesa predicted that they would undertake the final leg of the climb on May 14.

The height of the mountain tip is 8,848 meters above sea level. The weather keeps changing, but forecasts remain conducive for the final climb.

“The team will pass through Balcony, South Summit, Hillary Step and then the Everest tip,” said Mahitala chairperson Fiona Ekaristi Putri, explaining the track of the climb.

The team, comprising of Sofyan, 27, Broery Andrew Sihombing, 21, Janatan Ginting, 21 and Xaverious Frans, 21, had begun acclimatization in Kathmandu at the end of March.

If they make it, they only have one target left: Denali in Alaska, to be recorded as the first Indonesian team that had consecutively climbed the world’s seven highest mountains without failure.

For the Everest climb, the team was assisted by Hiroyuki Kuraoka, a trekker who had already climbed the mountain four times.

To get latest news on their progress, check their sites at: www.facebook.com/pages/Indonesia-Seven-Summits-Expedition-Mahitala-Unpar/142974512398676?ref=ts