Four climbers scale Mt. Annapurna making this season’s first summit

Four climbers including two Nepalese have successfully scaled Mt. Annapurna I (8,091 metre), the tenth highest mountain in the world marking the first 8,000-meter summit of the Spring 2025 climbing season on Sunday.

Climbers Phinjo Dorjee Sherpa, Dipan Gurung and Zhao YiYi of China from Seven Summit Treks and Cesar Chinchay of Peru from Imaging Nepal reached the summit of Annapurna I at 10:10 AM Sunday, according to Dawa Futi Sherpa, Operation Manager of the Seven Summit Treks.

Next day on Monday April 7, nine other climbers including four Sherpa guides and five foreigners, have summited Mt. Annapurna, making the total ascent to the mountain in two days to 13. All the thirteen climbers scaled the mountain under the expedition organize by Seven Summit Treks. Mt. Annapurna I is known as one of the toughest mountain to climb.